As you know from previous articles on this topic, the landscape of baseball broadcasting is changing. Diamond Sports, which operates the Bally Sports Networks that carry a dozen or so MLB teams, has filed for bankruptcy and it appears likely that the Bally networks will be gone no later than the end of the 2024 season, and perhaps earlier. Some teams (Twins, in particular) have even noted they are going to be reducing payroll because of the lower revenue expected from local TV (covered in the second link above), and the Padres took out a $50 million loan earlier this year to help meet payroll expenses.
The latest on changes in MLB’s RSN ecosystem
