While baseball teams work on assembling rosters for next year, Major League Baseball itself made some hot stove news Wednesday. The league announced new television and streaming deals with three major players that will reshape how fans watch games in 2026 and beyond.

The way fans watch baseball is about to drastically change, as Major League Baseball tears the Band-Aid off its distribution model and pivots toward a future where linear television and streaming coexist, even if it comes at a cost to both sports leagues and consumers.

NBC gets Sundays and Netflix gets the Home Run Derby as MLB reshapes how its games are distributed across the media landscape.

Major League Baseball (MLB) today announced a six-year agreement with PitchCom, extending its league-wide vendor relationship that provides patented, award-winning signal-calling systems to every Major League Club and Triple-A affiliate through at least the 2031 season.

MLB action will return to the "Field of Dreams" in 2026 for a matchup between the Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies.

The request followed indictments of Cleveland pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz accusing them of taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors.

Select Atlanta Braves games will likely be impacted by the new MLB TV deals that are set to be announced Major League Baseball is working to finalize its new TV contracts for the near future. According to The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand, MLB is set to announce deals with NBC, Netflix and ESPN. All agreements are three years in length.

MLB launched the Little League Classic in 2017 with the Pittsburgh Pirates playing the St. Louis Cardinals. The New York Mets defeated the Seattle Mariners, 7-3. Neither the Braves nor the Brewers has played in the game in the past.