Freddie Freeman #5 of the Los Angeles Dodgers is congratulated by teammates after hitting a walk-off home run during the 18th inning against the Toronto Blue Jays in game three of the 2025 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Harry How/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Fresh off a record-smashing World Series, Major League baseball has finally inked long-awaited new media rights deals with NBC, Netflix, and ESPN. The new rights packages came about after MLB and ESPN broke up earlier this year after 35 years of national games on the cable sports giant. The new deal will keep ESPN in the baseball business, but its flagship Sunday night games will move to NBC Sports, which will now have year-round live games that night: Sunday Night Football during the NFL season, NBA games once the NFL season is over and baseball in the late spring and summer. NBC is also getting ESPN's Wild Card rights. Related Stories Business Netflix Stock Falls After Analyst Questions Potential Warner Bros. Discovery Bid TV F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix 2025 Livestream: How to Watch the Race Online for Free The deal with Netflix, initially thought to be just for the annual Home Run Derby during the All-Star break, is somewhat more extensive than that. The streamer will also have MLB's opening night game and a revived Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa (where the 1989 Kevin Costner movie was filmed). MLB last staged a Field of Dreams game in 2022. MLB Network's production team will produce the three events. MLB's agreements with NBC Sports and Netflix run for three years, bringing them into alignment with existing rights holders Fox Sports and TNT Sports. Fox and TNT's current rights, including for most of the postseason, are unaffected, and the entire package will be up for bid again in 2028. The new ESPN deal will bring live, out-of-market games to ESPN's streaming platform via the acquisition of streaming service MLB.TV. That deal will give ESPN a big point of entry into regional broadcasts of games. MLB.TV currently charges $70 per year for users to access all games outside of their local markets. More to come. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up streaming F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix 2025 Livestream: How to Watch the Race Online for Free THR Presents "It's Like a Mafia Movie": 'THR Presents' Q&A With 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Creator Jenny Han Fox Entertainment '100 Foot Wave' EP Maria Zuckerman Inks First-Look Deal at Fox Entertainment Studios noads How to Stream the 2025 CMA Awards Online Live Feed Amazon Launches AI-Powered Series Recap Videos Live Feed 'Stargate' Reopens With New Series at Prime Video streaming F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix 2025 Livestream: How to Watch the Race Online for Free THR Presents "It's Like a Mafia Movie": 'THR Presents' Q&A With 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Creator Jenny Han Fox Entertainment '100 Foot Wave' EP Maria Zuckerman Inks First-Look Deal at Fox Entertainment Studios noads How to Stream the 2025 CMA Awards Online Live Feed Amazon Launches AI-Powered Series Recap Videos Live Feed 'Stargate' Reopens With New Series at Prime Video