Exciting news, baseball fans: Netflix will exclusively stream the Major League Baseball 2026 season opener, a bicoastal match-up between the New York Yankees vs. the San Francisco Giants, as part of a new three-year deal between MLB and the streaming service. Scheduled for March 25, 2026, the kickoff primetime game will mark Netflix's first exclusive MLB broadcast.

As reported The Athletic, the NY versus SF showdown will be the only game scheduled for the day, with the rest of the clubs opening on March 26.

As part of the three-year agreement, Netflix will also have streaming rights to other big-name baseball events, including the Home Run Derby, which has traditionally been broadcast on ESPN. However, the juggernaut streaming service will share other special-event games with other platf

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