Major League Baseball has joined the sports rights free-for-all, sealing 3-year deals with media partners NBCUniversal , ESPN and Netflix .

The league and its partners did not comment on the value of the deals, but the Wall Street Journal pegged it at $800 million a year.

Coming off a bravura finish to the 2025 season, with the Los Angeles Dodgers coming from behind to beat the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series as TV ratings surged, the league was in a solid negotiating position. It also had eager buyers. Netflix will stream games for the first time; NBCU will return them to its broadcast flagship for the first time in decades, positioning them alongside NBA and NFL telecasts; and longtime partner ESPN will rightsize its portfolio.

Before the 2025 season began, the Disney s

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