Major League Baseball on Wednesday announced a series of new broadcast deals with ESPN, NBC, and Netflix for 2026-28, essentially replacing the final three years of ESPN’s previous deal which the network and MLB opted out of. Part of the restructuring is Sunday Night Baseball now exclusively on NBC and Peacock.

The first game of the new NBC contract with MLB is the Dodgers’ opening day contest on Thursday, March 26 against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. Game times for 2026 haven’t yet been announced, but NBC touts that Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks will be the only primetime MLB game on opening day. Whether that means locally or nationally remains to be seen. Last year, for instance, the Dodgers’ home opener was exclusively on ESPN and started at 4 p.m. in Los Angeles, 7 p.m. on t

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