Amid uncertainty about the regional sports network model, commissioner Rob Manfred made clear that the league will air games for at least the two NL West clubs next season.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Major League Baseball is prepared to spend another year broadcasting games for at least two teams—including the National League pennant-winning—amid uncertainty about the regional sports network model, commissioner Rob Manfred said on Friday before Game 1 of the World Series.
“We will be in a position that we can handle up to 16 teams next year,” Manfred said. He added that despite his unhappiness with the process, he believes that the league’s future is in streaming. In May, Manfred testified in bankruptcy court that the league was prepared to subsidize teams dropped by Diamond up to 80% of what they would have made in 2023 alone. He has said that the league will not subsidize them at all in ’24. He declined to speculate in detail what it might mean for payroll for those teams going forward if they are making no money from TV deals.
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