Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday confirmed that Major League Baseball is nearing broadcast agreements with four media companies for the 2026 through 2028 seasons.
Manfred, during a question-and-answer session after Front Office Sports' "Tuned In" event, said MLB is close to deals with ESPN for a regular-season package, with Comcast's NBCUniversal for the wild card series and Sunday night regular-season games, with Netflix for the All-Star Home Run Derby, and with Apple TV for regular-season games.
Manfred said a deal for in-market rights for Arizona , Cleveland , Colorado , Minnesota and San Diego is also close.
"We have, kind of have agreements in principle," Manfred said. "We still have issues that need to be resolved. They are the agreements that have been reported publi