Get ready to watch some baseball on your Facebook.
According to Scott Soshnick, the social media platform was awarded exclusive rights to broadcast 25 Major League Baseball afternoon games during the 2018 campaign. Soshnick noted the games will primarily be on Wednesdays, starting with the April 4 contest between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies.
Soshnick noted it is the first time one of the major United States sports leagues gave exclusive broadcasting rights for games to a social network.
This is "part of the next great leap," consultant Lee H. Berke said, per Soshnick.