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Dodgers-Yankees draws highest ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ audience since 2018

The high-profile World Series rematch between the Dodgers and Yankees drew the best audience numbers for Sunday Night Baseball in seven years.

The league has also held talks with other streamers including Amazon, Netflix, and Google.

According to ESPN, it was the most-watched MLB game of 2025 across all platforms.

MLB and ESPN may one day find some common ground in a new rights deal after their opt-out, but it won't happen anytime soon.

"Being an insider doesn't make you a journalist."

ESPN isn't giving up on the possibility of a new MLB deal beginning next season, but it will come down to the economics and mending fences.

“I felt totally comfortable."

1.93 million viewers tuned into Thursday's Yankees-Brewers matchup on ESPN.

"Well, that was fun..."

"There is a big hole in the heart of the Brewer family."

"Derek Jeter’s not on the show today. Not Derek Jeter’s fault."

"They stepped up for the NBA. And to come back to us and say we want to cut you..."

"I’ve got to prepare to give myself the best chance, so that if I royally screw something up, at least I know I gave it an effort"

"You gotta put the hours in, and I don’t have the hours anymore."

"The idea that [Jimmy Pitaro] or ESPN would just wash their hands of baseball, I just don’t believe that."

"Who else provides any more coverage of baseball -- with the exception of MLB Network -- than ESPN does?"

The Yankees and Dodgers will be prominently featured.

"If folks on that side are interested in re-engaging, we’re always going to listen"

How would the sports media world be fundamentally different if the DOJ didn't force Disney and ESPN to offload Fox's RSNs in 2019?

"I’m hoping to get hit by a foul ball."

"Baseball has been a great product for us."

"It looked like a changeup."

"Alright, I gotta go make a pitching change. I'll be right back."

The network wanted to cut its annual rights payment from $550 million to $200 million.