{"id":787872,"date":"2026-07-08T22:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T22:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/787872\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T22:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T22:18:18","slug":"mlb-tv-subscription-available-without-espn-unlimited-signup-for-rest-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/787872\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB.TV subscription available without ESPN Unlimited signup for rest of season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It appears that baseball fans who want to sign up for MLB.TV for the remainder of the season will not have to jump through any additional hoops to access the service.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Sportico\u2019s Jacob Feldman noted that fans can now buy MLB.TV, the league\u2019s out-of-market package, is available directly through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/live-stream-games\/subscribe\/overlap?affiliateId=MLBTVREDIRECT&amp;adobe_mc_sdid=SDID%3D327F016011607996-21E903831AB7B173%7CMCORGID%3DA65F776A5245B01B0A490D44%40AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1783529826&amp;adobe_mc_ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Ftv%3FaffiliateId%3DMLBTVREDIRECT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB website<\/a> for a reduced cost of $47.99 for the rest of the season, down from $150 for the full season (or $135 for returning subscribers). Crucially, the partial-season subscription will not require an individual to sign up for ESPN Unlimited at the time of purchase, as was the case headed into the season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Looks like you can now buy MLB(.)TV directly from MLB (no ESPN Unlimited involved) for the rest of the season for $48. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3pMAaSKOzu\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3pMAaSKOzu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u270f\ufe0fJacob Feldman (@JacobFeldman4) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JacobFeldman4\/status\/2074878378054742407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\\MLB fans who signed up for MLB.TV at the beginning of the season <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/espn\/mlb-tv-season-need-to-jump-through-hoops.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was faced with a confusing and frustrating process<\/a> that required an active ESPN Unlimited subscription in order to access the out-of-market package. Subscribers were given one free month of ESPN Unlimited upon signup, but needed to actively cancel the subscription to avoid being charged $30 in subsequent months.<\/p>\n<p>The arrangement came shortly after ESPN and MLB retooled their relationship. ESPN, having opted out of its\u00a0Sunday Night Baseball package in February 2025, reengaged MLB for a package that included weeknight games during the regular season and the right to host MLB.TV on its new direct-to-consumer streaming platform.<\/p>\n<p>In the future, fans will need to subscribe to MLB.TV via ESPN\u2019s app. But the league and ESPN kept both portals, MLB\u2019s and ESPN\u2019s, open for this initial season.<\/p>\n<p>Next year, ESPN\u2019s app <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/local-networks\/21-mlb-teams-in-market-streaming-available-mlb-tv.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will also host local in-market broadcasts<\/a> for teams produced and distributed through MLB Local Media, which now includes 14 clubs: the Diamondbacks, Reds, Guardians, Rockies, Tigers, Royals, Marlins, Brewers, Twins, Cardinals, Padres, Mariners, Rays, and Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Whether an ESPN Unlimited account will be required for either the in-market or out-of-market packages next season remains to be seen. But for now, users can get MLB.TV hassle-free for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It appears that baseball fans who want to sign up for MLB.TV for the remainder of the season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,174514,591,241114,85],"class_list":["post-787872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-espn-unlimited","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-tv","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}