The league struck a deal with ESPN and NBC. Per Andrew Marchand of The Athletic, MLB.TV will now be part of the new ESPN Unlimited direct-to-consumer platform, and the company would have "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."

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.