Bally Sports of the Diamond Sports Group is apparently threatening to drop both Cleveland Guardians and Texas Rangers broadcasts for 2024, as the Athletic reported. Sounds like the plan would either be then to have MLB handle the streaming rights, or the Guardians would try to find another TV company to broadcast the games. It also doesn’t seem like this fiasco is ending any time soon.
Speaking of Bally’s, Chris Antonetti addressed it briefly in his media session answering questions following the Rule 5 draft decisions. He said they have a couple days to see if they can trade recently designated-for-assignment Cal Quantrill, so I am assuming a deal must be reached by Friday’s non-tender deadline at 5pm EST or Quantrill becomes DFA’d and non-tendered meaning they’re not going to be able to trade him.