It has never been more confusing to watch baseball on television. Now that regional sports networks are struggling to stay afloat, MLB has steadily taken back the broadcast rights for each of its 30 teams. Still, many prime time games are spread out across several different channels, including TBS, ESPN and Apple TV. Hot off the heels of a World Series that was a huge commercial success, drawing in more viewers than MLB has seen in decades, a new three-year deal for media rights was recently struck with ESPN, NBC, and Netflix.
As expected, there are quite a few caveats as to who will be responsible for broadcasting what.