This is via the Sports Business Journal...

"MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said the league plans to have an answer shortly about who will receive the national TV package beginning in 2026 that ESPN currently holds. Manfred said during last night’s broadcast of the Little League Classic, “We’re having very detailed conversations with a number of parties, including ESPN. We hope to have it resolved in the next couple of weeks. It’s a little bit like a jigsaw puzzle, but we will have it resolved in the next few weeks.”


ESPN’s Karl Ravech said, “I put my hand up for hoping that we stay involved.”

I saw this story on the Score App last week and what they mentioned is TV right's may be available to more localized markets, think Sportsnet for the Jays, or New York's Yankee broadcasts, or  NESN in "Bahston".

The league is strong having generated over 70 million fans walking through the turnstiles this season (so far) and the league is super competitive with many teams vying for the playoffs and a wild card spot. 

The league opener played in Japan this year, drew 2.5 million viewers there and this strategy of marketing the sport globally is also part of the game plan.

For more on this story, here is the link:  

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/08/18/mlb-plans-to-announce-tv-deal-in-coming-weeks


Baseball has been fun again this year, thanks to the Jays doing so surprisingly well.