Guardians broadcast rights now owned by ESPN
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ESPN and MLB announced yesterday, a 3-year deal that will see local broadcasts currently produced by MLB taken over by ESPN. That includes the GuardsTV from this past season. As of now, there has not been many details released.
MLB announced a new 3-year agreement Wednesday with ESPN, NBC and Netflix that has ESPN taking over local broadcasts for the teams that were being produced by MLB. That includes the Guardians.
The Cleveland Guardians will be on a new network for the 2026 MLB season. On Wednesday, Nov. 19, it was announced that the Guardians will now be on ESPN, who no
ESPN's press release says it has become the rights holder for MLB.TV, meaning thousands of games will now be available on the ESPN app in addition to MLB platforms for the 2026 season.
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