Major League Baseball and ESPN have a framework agreement that would give the network the exclusive rights to sell all out-of-market regular-season games digitally and in-market games for five clubs over the next three years, sources briefed on the discussions told The Athletic.

Major League Baseball is in advanced talks to sell new TV-rights deals to NBCU, Netflix and Walt Disney's ESPN

There is a TON of speculation out there about Major League Baseball’s broadcast future. There have been “reports” and leaks and confusion. I’ll try to sum u

The three-year media rights deals for packages of live games come after ESPN opted out of its $550 million-per-year deal for Sunday Night Baseball.

NBCUniversal is nearing a three-year deal with Major League Baseball worth close to $200 million a year to carry games on NBC and Peacock, Deadline has confirmed, amid a flurry of activity around the MLB.

A lockout after next season is being treated like a foregone conclusion. Anything that shifts our attention away from that is a distraction.

Even before he emerged from the bullpen Friday, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Bubba Chandler was considered the top pitching prospect in baseball. The hard-throwing 22-year-old confirmed those credentials in his major league debut.

After cutting short a previous agreement, the sides are in advanced talks on a new pact that would incorporate MLB.tv into ESPN’s streaming service.

The Baltimore Orioles on Friday became the latest team to sign a prospect with little or no experience in the major leagues to a long-term contract extension. They signed top catching prospect Samuel Basallo to an eight-year, $67M contract extension not long after calling him up to the majors.

The coach, who’s also the uncle of NBA slam dunk champ Mac McClung, is taking over the team after a successful turnaround at Tarpon Springs.