MLB has 2 new national streaming partners

Apple and Major League Baseball announced a new “Friday Night Baseball” package for the 2022 season. Apple TV+, a paid subscription service from the tech company, will have exclusive rights to two MLB games every Friday night during the regular season. The deal reportedly runs for seven seasons. There’s no word yet on which teams will be playing on what night as that is likely to be sorted out once the lockout ends.

Citizens Bank Park has been home to the Phillies since 2004. (Tim Kelly/Phillies Nation)According to Mike Ozanian of Forbes, MLB has also reached a two-year agreement with NBC to stream select Monday and Wednesday games on Peacock. ESPN previously carried this particular weekday…