The three-year media rights deals for packages of live games come after ESPN opted out of its $550 million-per-year deal for Sunday Night Baseball.

NBCUniversal, Netflix and Walt Disney's ESPN have been in talks with Major League Baseball for the past several weeks, according to three people familiar with the discussions, all in a bid to reappropriate a package of games that had been earmarked for ESPN through 2029,

Major League Baseball and ESPN have a framework agreement that would give the network the exclusive rights to sell all out-of-market regular-season games digitally and in-market games for five clubs over the next three years, sources briefed on the discussions told The Athletic.

On Friday night, Anthony, with his hands back, pounced on a first-pitch slider from Yankees reliever Yerry De los Santos -- in this case, a right-hander -- in the ninth inning, ballooning the Red Sox's lead. The blast incited a mass exodus of Yankees fans. With three games remaining in the series, they had already seen enough of Anthony.

Major League Baseball is close to striking new rights deals with NBCUniversal, Netflix and ESPN that could bring in higher revenues and expand games on streaming platforms.

NBC is in advanced talks for a three-year MLB media rights deal worth nearly $200 million yearly for Sunday games and postseason coverage, which includes Peacock streaming.

As someone that’s been an MLB.tv subscriber since the first year it was available (it launched on my birthday in 2002), and who has basically eschewed ESPN for about 15 years no

When ESPN opted out of its contract with Major League Baseball in February, the network was hoping to get a reworked package at a lower cost while Commissioner Rob Manfred thought the sport could optimize its rights in the short term for Home Run Derby and wild card round.