{"id":512528,"date":"2026-01-09T03:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/512528\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T03:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:56:12","slug":"rays-among-9-teams-that-cut-ties-with-main-street-sports-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/512528\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays among 9 teams that cut ties with Main Street Sports Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Main Street \u2014 which broadcasts games under the FanDuel Sports brand, including the Tampa Bay Rays \u2014 emerged from bankruptcy in early 2025 but is already facing deep financial trouble again, according to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/47552639\/sources-9-mlb-teams-end-deals-main-street-sports-group\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>. Reports indicate the company could dissolve after the current NBA and NHL seasons unless it finds a buyer, with streaming platform DAZN recently walking away from talks.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the Rays, the Braves, Reds, Tigers, Royals, Angels, Marlins, Brewers, and Cardinals have terminated their contracts, declining pay cuts in new rights contracts.<\/p>\n<p>This gives teams the flexibility to seek new broadcasting arrangements, including a possible move to MLB\u2019s in-house media operation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WENDY.RYAN.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>New mental health programs making an impact in Florida<\/p>\n<p>Florida Behavioral Health Association&#8217;s Scott Burgess <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay28.com\/news\/anchors-report\/florida-behavioral-health-association-chairman-discusses-success-of-new-mental-health-programs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shared<\/a> with Tampa Bay 28 Anchor Wendy Ryan the successes of new initiatives being tested across Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Behavioral Health Association Chairman discusses success of new mental health programs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Main Street \u2014 which broadcasts games under the FanDuel Sports brand, including the Tampa Bay&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2377],"tags":[10117,5,62712,62713,3203,62714,62715,62716,19859,35925,4,9125,297,2550,68,2551,2549],"class_list":["post-512528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa-bay-rays","tag-abc-action-news","tag-baseball","tag-citrus-county","tag-desoto-county","tag-fanduel","tag-hardee-county","tag-hernando-county","tag-highlands-county","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-manatee-county","tag-mlb","tag-pasco-county","tag-rays","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-tampabay","tag-tampabayrays"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115863131635715147","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}