Tag: Major League Baseball

"I think there’s always a storyline that’s exciting."

The network reportedly has an exclusive, long-term partnership with the Mets through the 2035 season, according to people familiar with the matter.

"I don’t know where they are at this point, but as I’ve said repeatedly, if they do reach out and they’re interested in talking, we’re of course going to listen."

The reported discussions come at a time when 27 out of the 30 MLB teams have introduced direct-to-consumer streaming functionalities.

"When you say that tens of thousands of direct-to-consumer in-market packages are being sold and you’re trying to say, ‘Look how many people want to pay to watch baseball,’ and then you do the math, oy."

"You learn something doing play-by-play that you didn’t know yesterday, and you learn something studio hosting that you didn’t know yesterday about the game, the sport, and it’s huge."

The game peaked with 2.23 million viewers and encapsulated the largest Opening Day audience since 2020.

Baseball fans aiming to tune in and watch their favorite team strive for their first win of the new campaign were unsuccessful in their efforts, displaying an era reading, “We had some trouble loading the game, please try again later.”

"They stepped up for the NBA, they stepped up for football, stepped up for this one, and to come back to us and say, ‘We want to cut you.’"

The SiriusXM app, which underwent a redesign a few years ago, features unique team pages for the 30 organizations within MLB.