If you're a Yankees fan in the New York area, for example, you can't start to watch the Yankees game until an hour and a half after the final out.
Instead, they become available about 90 minutes after the game ends. The big catch with MLB.TV is the local blackout restriction: You can't watch your local team's games live.
MLB.TV costs $130 for the season or $25 a month. It's great for hard-core fans in general. The other option is MLB.TV, a separate service that carries every game played by every team live. If you're a baseball fan who needs your team's RSN, a cable subscription might actually be cheaper than streaming. Sling TV, a service that costs $35 a month, doesn't have any RSNs for baseball. DirecTV Stream carries the most RSNs, but you'll need to spring for its $90-a-month plan its basic $70-a-month plan doesn't include RSNs. Most such services, however, carry only a handful of the 30 RSNs that show MLB games - and they're typically the most expensive. Those channels, called regional sports networks, deliver almost all of the regular-season games live.
The Houston Astros may have made it to the World Series last year from the AL West, but the Los Angeles Angels feature two of the best players in the game, three-time AL MVP Mike Trout and reigning AL MVP and two-way marvel Shohei Ohtani.īaseball fans have many ways to livestream their favorite team's games this season without subscribing to cable, but the best option for one fan might not work for another. The Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays are all bunched together out of the gate in the crowded AL East, while the Chicago White Sox have the early lead in the AL Central. Louis Cardinals have grabbed the lead in the NL Central, while the Los Angeles Dodgers are preseason World Series favorites and certainly look like the team to beat in the NL West. The Atlanta Braves enter 2022 as the defending World Series champs but lost their longtime first baseman, Freddie Freeman, and are already below. Major League Baseball is back and off to a fast start.