Last month, Major League Baseball took over broadcasting San Diego Padres games after Diamond Sports, owner of the Bally regional sports network group that included Bally Sports San Diego, failed to make a rights payment to the Padres.
Looks like we’re about to have another team joining that group soon, per Daniel Frankel of Next TV:
According to recent bankruptcy court filings, Diamond has until Thursday to either pay the Texas Rangers for 2023 local TV rights or cut the team loose from its Bally Sports contract.
Diamond has payments to three other MLB teams due on July 1
This time, there doesn’t appear to be any grace period.