PEACOCK, NBCUniversal and Major League Baseball
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NBCUniversal and MLB announced Friday that they signed a three-year media rights agreement to broadcast games, including those on Sunday nights and the opening night of the 2026 season.
Two years after they played big roles in a World Series title, the Texas Rangers have cut ties with outfielder Adolis García and catcher Jonah Heim.
The Dodgers executives have taken on advisory roles with the Lakers, according to a report from ESPN. Friedman and Zaidi are said to be helping Mark Walter, who also owns the Dodgers, as ownership of the franchise transfers to him from the Buss family.
After Yoshinobu Yamamoto's wildly successful postseason run, teams are excited for former NPB star Tatsuya Imai's MLB free agency.
Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Whitlock will represent Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, giving roster a key addition to bullpen.
The shakeups in the agreement mostly see NBC and its parent company, NBCUniversal, commanding a larger share of baseball coverage, picking up several key games and events previously aired by ESPN, including “Sunday Night Baseball.” And, for the first time in 26 years, NBC will once again air baseball games on its broadcast network.
The Senate Commerce Committee has opened an investigation of alleged corruption in Major League Baseball as the sport confronts a gambling scandal.
Major League Baseball's offseason cleared another important threshold at 5 p.m. ET on Friday, when the deadline for teams to tender 2026 contracts to their arbitration-eligible and pre-arbitration players passed.