Netflix to stream Yankees-Giants on MLB Opening Day 2026 as part of new 3-year agreement: Sources
September 25, 2025
Netflix to stream Yankees-Giants on MLB Opening Day 2026 as part of new 3-year agreement: Sources
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Netflix is really getting into sports
I’m not creating an account to the times to read this. Does anyone know how many games Netflix is getting.
“As part of the new three-year agreement between the MLB and the giant streamer, the Yankees’ March 25 opener at San Francisco will be Netflix’s first exclusive stream and will begin the 2026 season.
This primetime matchup is the only game that day, with the rest of the clubs opening the next day.
Netflix will also have the Home Run Derby and is expected to share a handful of special location event regular-season games with NBC/Peacock, including “Field of Dreams,” “MLB at Rickwood Field” and the “MLB Speedway” game, which debuted in August. Those games have been broadcast by Fox Sports in the past. Fox may still have unique regular-season event games.
MLB declined to comment.”
The broadcasts getting spread across progressively more channels and streaming platforms feels like a bad move to me and is going to turn fans off. I feel the same about the NBA’s media rights now.
It’s getting more ridiculous the number of subscriptions you need to watch a single team’s games, not only the cost but people think to turn on a baseball game and having no idea where to find it, many will just not bother and watch something else.
You can’t force people to have local TV, ESPN, and 15 streaming services just to catch their favorite team’s games and then act shocked when they start yo ho hoing.
I kind of wish we never cut the cord
I guess I’m going to Opening Day next year, because I’m stubbornly not paying for Netflix!
This is somehow both more watchable and more awful to me
11 comments
Netflix is really getting into sports
I’m not creating an account to the times to read this. Does anyone know how many games Netflix is getting.
“As part of the new three-year agreement between the MLB and the giant streamer, the Yankees’ March 25 opener at San Francisco will be Netflix’s first exclusive stream and will begin the 2026 season.
This primetime matchup is the only game that day, with the rest of the clubs opening the next day.
Netflix will also have the Home Run Derby and is expected to share a handful of special location event regular-season games with NBC/Peacock, including “Field of Dreams,” “MLB at Rickwood Field” and the “MLB Speedway” game, which debuted in August. Those games have been broadcast by Fox Sports in the past. Fox may still have unique regular-season event games.
MLB declined to comment.”
The broadcasts getting spread across progressively more channels and streaming platforms feels like a bad move to me and is going to turn fans off. I feel the same about the NBA’s media rights now.
It’s getting more ridiculous the number of subscriptions you need to watch a single team’s games, not only the cost but people think to turn on a baseball game and having no idea where to find it, many will just not bother and watch something else.
You can’t force people to have local TV, ESPN, and 15 streaming services just to catch their favorite team’s games and then act shocked when they start yo ho hoing.
I kind of wish we never cut the cord
I guess I’m going to Opening Day next year, because I’m stubbornly not paying for Netflix!
This is somehow both more watchable and more awful to me
Great, another streaming service.
Yankees Giants again on Opening Day?