Rob Manfred understands why fans hate MLB streaming deals
"I don’t like to have to look 10 places or pay for 10 places to watch the games that I want to watch."
"I don’t like to have to look 10 places or pay for 10 places to watch the games that I want to watch."
"I have Amazon Prime and this is still an L."
The Padres have become the first MLB team to have their games available to stream over-the-top in-market through MLB.TV.
"You have to subscribe to four different services to watch the next five Yankees games."
Bally Sports+ is set to launch at $19.99 a month, or $189.99 (a $50 discount) for a full year.
"I am not gadget-savvy and this is all about gadgets."
"That’s baseball fooling around. That’s dangerous."
Yes, fans may have to "shift their setup," but they'll only have to shift their setup to a currently-free, widely-available streaming package.
MLB will add over $100 million in annual revenue from their streaming deals with Apple and NBC.