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MLB.TV Subscriptions 2020

This article has been an annual tradition for many years, rounding up the MLB.TV offerings for UK-based fans. Yesterday’s announcement of the 2020 MLB.TV packages meant I needed to write up this year’s edition; however in truth, the excitement in doing so is not what it once was.

That’s not to suggest any reduction in my love for the service, or for baseball more widely. As I’ve written many times before, there are a lot of things I would give up if money was very tight before I even gave a thought to maybe cancelling my auto-renewal.

No, the issue here is that MLB.TV is so good that there is little scope for improvement.

Ten years ago this part of the pre-season was eagerly anticipated because we were waiting to find out what new features would be introduced. From promise of a potential HD-type quality, to Mosaic allowing you to watch multiple games at the same time, there was always something to get excited about. There were a few mis-steps along the way, such as the switch from Adobe Flash player to Microsoft Silverlight that soon gave way to HTML5, but generally the changes worked out for the better.

MLB Advanced Media were so successful in their development of their streaming capabilities that they become a lucrative world leader in the technology. For MLB.TV, they aced their refinement of the service over the first 10 years or so (2005 was the first year I bought it) so that, beyond technical tweaks behind the scenes and support for new connected devices, there isn’t much that they can add.

What do you want for your money? The ability to watch MLB games live or on-demand at a good video quality for a fair price. That’s exactly what we’ve had for years and that’s what we’re going to get in 2020. (And, just to be very clear, this is not a complaint!)

I’m sure there will be extras that could be introduced in the years ahead, especially in regard to incorporating StatCast data and graphics; however there’s nothing that the service really lacks. The biggest issue is the black-out rules in North America that block access to games depending on your location, often to a ridiculous extent. That situation has evolved slightly in recent years with some Regional Sports Networks allowing streaming access to the games if you are paying for their TV package, yet there is still plenty of way to go in knocking down what feels like an arcane policy.

It’s not a policy that applies to us, though, so we’ve always been able to access the full list of games, and that’s the case again in 2020.

This year, the US price has increased by $3 to $122. We have to add 20% VAT on to that so it works out at approximately £112.70 GBP, just a couple of pounds more expensive than last year.

It’s not yet entirely clear if the single-team package ($94, so approximately £86-£87) will be a North America-only product, but that’s been the (annoying) situation in recent years so I would assume so unless and until MLB officially confirms otherwise.

No great fanfare, no amazing new features, no complaints.

Just Spring Training games, every one of the 2,430 regular season games and all of the play-offs too live and on-demand for approximately £113.

MLB.TV 2019 Subscription details

It’s been a curious launch for the 2019 MLBTV subscription details.

Usually there is a bit of a fanfare for it all, with a big promiment article on MLB.com. This time, there was a short news item made available on mobile devices on Wednesday/Thursday and since that point there’s been some confusion as to quite what is happening.

If you go to MLB.com on a PC web browser, there is currently no way to see details about the All Teams subscription and, just checking again as I type this, it’s now not even letting me click on the Teams subscription section (I tested it on Thursday and it did allow me to pick a team etc). EDIT 8/2 – MLB support are telling people to try a different browser, but that seems to produce mixed results too!

So who knows quite what is going on, but the main details have been announced one way or another so let’s work on the basis that there are a few teething issues in signing up for some methods that will hopefully be resolved soon.

The headline news is that the service once again means we can watch and listen to all the baseball we can find the time for and the cost has only increased slightly from last year.  That may be all you need to know, but read on for some other news and views.

For those of us that are annual subscribers and are on an auto-renewal (which you get opted into, it should be noted) then payment will be taken from your card on or about 28 February.

All Teams price

As predicted a couple of days ago, the MLB All Teams package has increased by $3 to $118.99. We have to add VAT at 20% on to that to make for a UK cost of approximately £109-£110 (depending on your card/bank, you may pay a small overseas transaction cost too).

I say it every year in this article, but quite simply that’s a great deal for something that gives you access to Spring Training, all 2,430 regular season games (probably minus 20 or so Thursday day-games if Facebook renews their exclusive Thursday Free Game offering) and all of the play-offs (noting that we’re not caught by the US national and local TV blackouts that affect North American subscribers).

As always, value for money comes down to how much you use your subscription, but if you want to watch plenty of baseball – and why wouldn’t you?! – then it’s worth every penny.

Single team snub again?

Given the current sign-up issues, it’s not completely clear if MLB are continuing their frustrating policy of only offering the Single Team subscription option (i.e. solely giving access to games of a team of your choosing) to North American customers.

The advertised price for the U.S. is $91.99. If it was available to us then it would be approximately £85 (inc VAT). If you’re already paying for BT Sport and primarily use MLB.TV to ensure you can catch your team regularly then that £25 saving would be nice to have.

If it does tip you over your budget then don’t forget most week-days there is a Free Game to watch (admittedly not all at a convenient time for us in the UK) and the price comes down as the season goes on (with some public holiday themed offers too).

I had a go at creating a test account to see what would happen and it did allow me to pick a team; however, in previous years when you update the application details to show your address then the Tax section immediately updated to the correct amount, which it didn’t do when I tested it. It was at the same time previously that the system said the Team package wasn’t available in my location, so I do wonder if something’s a bit broken there currently. Hopefully the team package will be available, but take it as unconfirmed for now (I’ll update the article when further details come out).

Same old (good) stuff

In terms of the service itself, it’s pretty much business as usual with nothing really in the way of new features. As I mentioned in my preview, that’s not a surprise as it does what you’d want it to do, and does so well, although UK Braves Fan did throw out a good idea on Twitter that sadly hasn’t come true.

https://twitter.com/OffseasonJay/status/1092086215527026690

I’d certainly love the ability to download a game on to a mobile device, even if it was just time-limited as usually is the case on BBC iPlayer, although maybe that’s more a factor for those of us battling the time difference compared with people in the States? Anyway, that’s not on the cards as yet.

No MLB Network, for now

Neither is there an option to add MLB Network to the mix as hoped, for now anyway. I think it would be a popular addition at a reasonable price so hopefully that will stay on their agenda and become a feature at some point.

At Bat Premium and Connected Devices

As in previous years, MLB has a free At Bat app for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android, and Amazon devices for news and scores, and then a Premium app that will give you the ability to listen to games live (i.e. radio coverage) all season long, but not to watch them. That doesn’t seem to be available yet, but in recent years has been £12-13.

However, don’t forget that if you’re buying the MLB.TV subscription you get the Premium app included in that (i.e. download the free At Bat app and then log in with your MLB.TV account details), so that’s how you can watch games live via the app.

Elsewhere, there are a host of Connected Devices on which you can download the MLB app for and then link your MLB.TV account to. It’s important to check the details on the Connected Devices FAQs page as availability of the MLB app on some devices is restricted to certain regions. The main thing this affects is PS4 owners who can’t get the app in the UK (other than using jiggery-pokery of which I of course do not endorse, but have a Google!).

XBox One, Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast and Amazon Fire TV should all be fine here though.

TV coverage

TV coverage in the UK will again be on BT Sport.

ESPN in the States are broadcasting a couple of Spring Training games (Pittsburgh-Boston on 6 March and Minnesota-Boston the following day) and both are going to be on BT Sport. You would fully expect the two A’s-Mariners Japan games to be on there too on 20-21 March before the usual broadcasting pattern (normally 8-10 games most weeks) begins from Opening Day on 28 March.

Broadcasting details for the MLB London Series officially have not yet been announced, although there have been reports of the BBC being interested in acquiring the rights.

Baseball, baseball, baseball …

Despite the rather low-key launch, all we really care about is that MLB.TV is available once again and at a price that thankfully hasn’t increased very much. If you have any queries about subscribing and how the service works in the UK, leave a comment and myself or another MLB.TV regular (of which there’s plenty of us) will do our best to help.

MLBTV 2019 Preview

This coming week should see the announcement of the 2019 MLBTV subscription details, if the past couple of years are an accurate guide.

My annual review article upon launch always seems to be appreciated, so I’ll endeavour to write that up as soon as possible when the details are published.

Gone are the days when the impending announcement came with fevered speculation over what new features we may get to enjoy as part of the service. MLBTV is a mature offering now and it’s hard to think of too many things that it doesn’t offer already that would improve it.  The option of 4K streaming would likely be the next major advance that they will look at, but it’s probably a few years before there’s a big enough market for it, especially if it comes at a higher price.

However, there are a few things to look out for in 2019.

Costs

Under the so-called Garber lawsuit settlement, MLB agreed to an annual price increase of either 3% or the rate of inflation (whichever is higher) up to 2020.  The 2018 price was a $3 increase on 2017 to $116 and we’ll likely see a similar small increase in 2019, so the advertised price will be $119 or so.

We also have to consider VAT at 20% that MLB has to add on, plus the dollar/pound exchange rate. The 2018 MLB-wide All Teams subscription was $139.19 including VAT, working out at just under £100 as of early February 2018. We’d be paying £6 more at the same price this year and, factoring in the small price increase, I’d estimate that the subscription will work out at £109 or so this year.

Options available

The £109 price would be for the full All Teams subscription, which may well be the only one we can buy. Whilst MLB promoted the option to buy a team-based subscription at a lower cost limited to a chosen team’s games last year, fans outside of North America were blocked from being able to purchase it.

I guess the thinking is that if someone outside of North America is interested enough in MLB to buy a streaming subscription, having to pay the extra $20 (as it was last year) isn’t going to put most of them off so they may as well take the money.  It seems petty to me though, as I doubt it would add up to all that much revenue lost and needlessly creates a bad impression for potential customers.

What we can watch

As well as the lack of a team-based subscription, the other thing that is starting to become a factor is MLB allowing other companies exclusive streaming rights, and therefore taking away some games that would otherwise be included in the subscription.

So far that’s been limited to Facebook doing a Thursday day-game, although as an A’s fan that was a pain several times last year as a Thursday home day-game (20.35 start BST) is one of the main slots in a week that works well for us.

Of course, us baseball converts shouldn’t be too selfish with that, as such deals do give potential newcomers the chance to watch a game every week for free, which can only be a good thing.  There was also a Twitter weekly game option last year, yet this was restricted to North America so another one that wasn’t open to us.

All in all, us international subscribers get a great deal out of MLBTV as we are free from the US national and local blackout restrictions (the latter often being particularly ridiculous), including the ability to watch all post-season games as part of the annual subscription. So losing a game or two a week really isn’t a big factor – annoying as it is if your team happens to be playing in one you then can’t watch – but it’s something to keep an eye on in case this starts to increase.

MLB Network

Finally, whilst I started this article stating there isn’t much MLB can add to the MLBTV service, that’s not to say they couldn’t make it all the more attractive by adding other potential subscriptions to it. They’ve already done that for several years in giving us the option of buying the MiLBTV (Minor Leagues) subscription at a reduced rate, and the other addition they could make – that would be a particular bonus to international fans – is MLB Network.

MLB issued a short survey last year to MLBTV subscribers (I’m not sure how widely it was sent around) and one of the key topics they asked questions about was MLB Network.  They were seeking views on whether subscribers would be interested in the option to get MLB Network as part of the subscription and how much extra they would be prepared to pay.  The fact that they were asking shows that it’s clearly an option they are heavily considering.

The news this past week that ESPN would not be bringing back Baseball Tonight as a daily show, as rumoured, brought more attention on to the potential for making MLB Network available more widely. The Awful Announcing article about that news noted that in 2018 ESPN had partnered with MLB Network to syndicate the Intentional Talk programme and that this deal had come to an end.

I would guess that it was this deal that meant Intentional Talk was included on BT Sport in the UK last year, so the one option we had to watch some MLB Network programming (other than clips on MLB.com) probably has disappeared.

However, I think there is a good chance that this year’s subscription will include the option to add on a streamed service of MLB Network.

As always, the price will be a big factor for every individual customer as to whether they sign up for it.

The spare time I have to watch baseball-related stuff every week once the season gets going is happily largely taken up by watching actual games (live or catching up on some A’s night-games), so I probably wouldn’t get my money’s worth out of it if it was more than an extra $20 or so for the year. At that cost I’d be happy to catch bits here and there during the season and then I’d watch it a lot more in the off-season.

Anyway, having the option available would be the big bonus as I’m sure some fans over here would watch it a lot.  It’s only a potential for now, but that will be the big thing to look out for when the subscription details are announced in the coming days.

MLB This Week: Labor Day

This is a slightly jumbled-up week in MLB.

Monday is Labor Day in the States so we have a whole batch of early MLB games to enjoy, but from them on there’s very little pre-midnight UK time action for us to enjoy at a convenient time.

Here are the pre-midnight starts for this working week in any case.

All times are in BST.

Monday 3 September

18:05 Red Sox at Braves (Eovaldi (5-7), TBD) *BT Sport/ESPN
18:05 Cardinals at Nationals (Flaherty (8-6), Scherzer (16-6))
18:10 Phillies at Marlins (Velasquez (9-9), Urena (4-12))
18:35 Reds at Pirates (Harvey (6-7), Williams (11-9))
19:10 Cubs at Brewers (Hamels (9-9), Davies (2-5))
19:10 Tigers at White Sox (Fulmer (3-10), Lopez (5-9))
19:10 Twins at Astros (Gibson (7-11), Keuchel (10-10))
20:10 Giants at Rockies (Bumgarner (5-5), Anderson (6-7))
21:05 Yankees at Athletics (Sabathia (7-5), Cahill (5-3)) *BT Sport/ESPN
21:10 Royals at Indians (Junis (7-12), Plutko (4-4))

Tuesday 4 September

No early games

Wednesday 5 September

17:10 Red Sox at Braves (TBD, TBD) *BT Sport/ESPN
18:10 Royals at Indians (Keller (7-5), Kluber (17-7))

Thursday 6 September

23:40 Padres at Reds (Lauer (5-7), Castillo (8-11)) *MLB.com Free Game

Friday 7 September

23:40 Padres at Reds (TBD, TBD)

All of these games are available to watch or listen to live via an MLB.TV subscription, other than the Facebook live game which is exclusive (but free) to Facebook subscribers. TV coverage of MLB in the UK comes courtesy of the BT Sport channels and these are highlighted above, as are any games that are available to view online for free via MLB.com. The above list of games just shows those starting before midnight UK time. The full schedule of MLB games can be found on MLB.com

MLB This Week: Good match-ups in prospect

It’s a slow start to the UK-evening viewing this working week, but the early MLB games pick up from there with some good match-ups among them.

Wednesday’s games include one from the important Astros-Mariners series, whilst the Brewers are at home against the Reds and the A’s are hosting the Rangers.

On Thursday there are three potentially exciting match-ups starting with Indians-Red Sox as a play-off preview.  The other two stand-outs depend on how the probable pitching schedules actually work out, but currently we’re due to have Aaron Nola and Max Scherzer squaring off in Washington, and Madison Bumgarner and Jacob deGrom going in New York.

We then end the working week, and start the Bank Holiday weekend, with an early game from Wrigley Field between the Cubs and Reds.

All times are in BST.

Monday 20 August

No early games

Tuesday 21 August

No early games

Wednesday 22 August

17:37 Orioles at Blue Jays (TBD, TBD)
19:10 Reds at Brewers (Stephenson (0-1), TBD)
19:10 Twins at White Sox (Gibson (7-9), TBD)
20:35 Rangers at Athletics (TBD, Jackson (4-2)) *Facebook Game
21:10 Astros at Mariners (TBD, Gonzales (12-8))

Thursday 23 August

18:05 Indians at Red Sox (Plutko (4-3), Price (13-6)) *BT Sport3
18:05 Phillies at Nationals (Nola (14-3), Scherzer (16-5))
18:10 White Sox at Tigers (TBD, TBD)
18:10 Giants at Mets (Bumgarner (4-5), deGrom (8-7))
20:10 Padres at Rockies (Lucchesi (6-7), Freeland (11-7))

Friday 24 August

19:20 Reds at Cubs (Harvey (6-7), TBD) *BT Sport/ESPN

All of these games are available to watch or listen to live via an MLB.TV subscription, other than the Facebook live game which is exclusive (but free) to Facebook subscribers. TV coverage of MLB in the UK comes courtesy of the BT Sport channels and these are highlighted above, as are any games that are available to view online for free via MLB.com. The above list of games just shows those starting before midnight UK time. The full schedule of MLB games can be found on MLB.com

MLB This Week: Toussaint debut, Brewers-Cubs times two and more

There’s a chance to catch some pre-midnight UK time baseball every day this working week.

Whilst the Friday game, Mets-Phillies, isn’t a true early game (starting at 23.05), on all the other days there’s some good baseball to watch during the British evening.

Monday’s early game is part of a double-header at SunTrust Park as the Braves host the Marlins, with the early game being a make-up date for a rain-out from the start of August. Touki Toussaint, one of Atlanta’s crop of promising young pitchers, is scheduled to make his Major League debut in this one.

You don’t often see BT Sport showing two games from the same series back-to-back during the working week, but they’re doing that this week on Tuesday and Wednesday with the Brewers and Cubs.

On Thursday evening there will be live baseball on two BT Sport channels, with the Rays-Yankees game on BT Sport2 being joined by coverage from the Little League World Series on BT Sport/ESPN.

All times are in BST.

Monday 13 August

18:35. Marlins at Braves (Lopez (2-2), Toussaint (0-0)) *BT Sport/ESPN

Tuesday 14 August

19:20. Brewers at Cubs (Chacin (11-4), Quintana (10-8)) *BT Sport/ESPN

Wednesday 15 August

18:10. White Sox at Tigers (Rodon (3-3), Zimmermann (5-4)) *MLB.com Free Game
18:10. Pirates at Twins (Archer (4-5), Berrios (11-8))
19:20. Brewers at Cubs (Guerra (6-7), Hendricks (8-9)) *BT Sport/ESPN
20:35. Mariners at Athletics (Leake (8-7), Anderson (2-3))

Thursday 16 August

18:05. Rays at Yankees (TBD, TBD) *BT Sport2
21:05. Mets at Phillies (TBD, TBD) *Facebook Game

Friday 17 August

23:05. Mets at Phillies (TBD, TBD).

All of these games are available to watch or listen to live via an MLB.TV subscription, other than the Facebook live game which is exclusive (but free) to Facebook subscribers. TV coverage of MLB in the UK comes courtesy of the BT Sport channels and these are highlighted above, as are any games that are available to view online for free via MLB.com. The above list of games just shows those starting before midnight UK time. The full schedule of MLB games can be found on MLB.com

MLB This Week: Eleven early games to choose from

It’s been a couple of months since I’ve been able to do much baseball writing, but at least events have transpired to allow me to get back on track at a great time in the season.

With the best part of two months still to play in the regular season, the National League in particular still have many twists and turns to come. And whilst the American League may already have four teams looking very likely to claim a play-off spot, the second Wild Card could be a source of plenty of excitement for this A’s fan.

Here are the pre-midnight UK starts for the coming working week. A few to note:

  • The Astros-Giants pitching match-up on Tuesday looks a belter, and that’s available to watch both via an MLB.TV subscription and BT Sport.
  • Chris Archer’s second start with the Buccos comes on Wednesday in a road game at Coors Field against the Rockies.
  • The Braves-Nationals game is listed as a second Facebook Game of the Week on the current MLB.com listings, although it is also being broadcast on TV in the UK so that those without a Facebook account aren’t blocked from viewing it completely.
  • A Corey Kluber start is always an event worth watching, so that’s a good reason to catch at least some of Cleveland’s game against the Twins on Thursday.

All times are in BST.

Monday 6 August

No early games

Tuesday 7 August

18:05 Braves at Nationals (Fried (1-4), Rodriguez (0-1))
20:45 Astros at Giants (Keuchel (9-9), Bumgarner (4-4)) *BT Sport/ESPN

Wednesday 8 August

17:10 Reds at Mets (TBD, deGrom (5-7)) *MLB.com Free Game
19:05 Mariners at Rangers (Gonzales (12-6), Gallardo (6-1)) *Facebook Game
20:10 Pirates at Rockies (Archer (3-5), Marquez (9-8))
20:40 Phillies at D-backs (Velasquez (8-8), Corbin (8-4)) *BT Sport2
21:07 Tigers at Angels (Hardy (4-3), Barria (6-7))

Thursday 9 August

18:05 Braves at Nationals (Sanchez (6-3), Gonzalez (6-8)) *Facebook Game, BT Sport/ESPN
18:10 Twins at Indians (Berrios (11-8), Kluber (14-6))
19:10 Padres at Brewers (TBD, Guerra (6-7))

Friday 10 August

19:20 Nationals at Cubs (TBD, Hendricks (8-9)) *BT Sport/ESPN.

All of these games are available to watch or listen to live via an MLB.TV subscription, other than the Facebook live game which is exclusive (but free) to Facebook subscribers. TV coverage of MLB in the UK comes courtesy of the BT Sport channels and these are highlighted above, as are any games that are available to view online for free via MLB.com. The above list of games just shows those starting before midnight UK time. The full schedule of MLB games can be found on MLB.com.

MLB This Week: England Expects …

If you were hoping for an MLB game at the same time as England’s World Cup opener on Monday, either to avoid it or to give you something else to flick to if the nerves get too much, then unfortunately you’ll be disappointed.

We do have an early MLB game on Monday, and it’s a good one between the Yankees and Nationals, but it’s a 22.05 start. So, your baseball fix will have to serve the purpose of helping you celebrate, or cheering you up, depending on how England do against Tunisia and whether you’re an England fan or not.

Wednesday and Thursday evenings, as often is the case, offer the most choice for some live baseball at a convenient time this working week.

All times are in BST.

Monday 18 June

22:05 Yankees at Nationals (Gray (4-4), Fedde (0-1))

Tuesday 19 June

No early games

Wednesday 20 June

17:35 Tigers at Reds (Fulmer (3-5), Mahle (5-6))
17:37 Braves at Blue Jays (Sanchez (3-0), Happ (8-3)) *Facebook Game
18:05 Cardinals at Phillies (Wacha (8-2), Arrieta (5-5)) *MLB.com Free Game
18:10 White Sox at Indians (Lopez (2-4), Kluber (10-3))
19:20 Dodgers at Cubs (Stripling (6-1), Lester (8-2)) *BT Sport/ESPN
20:40 Athletics at Padres (Montas (3-1), Ross (5-4))
20:45 Marlins at Giants (Urena (2-8), Holland (4-7))

Thursday 21 June

18:05. Mariners at Yankees (Paxton (6-1), TBA) *BT Sport/ESPN
18:10 Red Sox at Twins (Porcello (8-3), Gibson (2-4))
20:10 Mets at Rockies (Matz (3-4), Freeland (6-6))

Friday 22 June

No early games.

All of these games are available to watch or listen to live via an MLB.TV subscription, other than the Facebook live game which is exclusive (but free) to Facebook subscribers. TV coverage of MLB in the UK comes courtesy of the BT Sport channels and these are highlighted above, as are any games that are available to view online for free via MLB.com. The above list of games just shows those starting before midnight UK time. The full schedule of MLB games can be found on MLB.com

MLB This Week: Not just the World Cup

It’s the week that the FIFA World Cup gets underway and I’m sure many of you reading will be indulging in some football viewing over the next few weeks to complement the baseball.

It’s a fairly quiet working week for early baseball games, although this week at least the World Cup doesn’t offer too much of an alternative other than the Spain-Portugal contest on Friday night.

As for the baseball, Wednesday and Thursday are the evenings to set aside and there are some good-looking games amongst them. Cubs-Brewers on Wednesday is free to watch for all on MLB.com and that’s sure to be one of the most competitive series of the week, whilst a Chris Sale start against Baltimore (on BT Sport/ESPN in the UK) could be strike-out central.

As for Thursday, BT Sport will be showing two games that evening including a Justin Verlander start for the Astros against the A’s.

The Phillies’ strong start to the season has become derailed of late as they enter their home series against Colorado on Tuesday having lost 11 of their last 16 games. The Rockies haven’t exactly been firing on all cylinders of late either, heading into the series on a 4-game losing streak as part of a 3-7 stretch over their last 10 games. Both teams will be determined to put a run of wins together soon and Thursday’s series finale will make for interesting viewing.

All times are in BST.

Monday 11 June

No early games

Tuesday 12 June

No early games

Wednesday 13 June

17:10 Mets at Braves (deGrom (4-1), Soroka (1-1))
18:10 Blue Jays at Rays (Happ (8-3), TBD)
19:10 Cubs at Brewers (Montgomery (2-1), Chacin (5-1)) *MLB.com Free Game
20:05 Red Sox at Orioles (Sale (5-4), Cashner (2-8)) *BT Sport/ESPN
20:40 Pirates at D-backs (Taillon (3-5), Greinke (5-4))
21:10 Angels at Mariners (Richards (4-4), Gonzales (7-3)) *Facebook Live

Thursday 14 June

17:10 Giants at Marlins (TBD, Straily (2-2))
18:05 Rockies at Phillies (Marquez (4-6), Velasquez (4-7))
18:10 Twins at Tigers (Lynn (4-4), Fulmer (2-5))
19:10 Indians at White Sox (Clevinger (4-2), Rodon (0-1)) *BT Sport/ESPN
20:35 Astros at Athletics (Verlander (8-2), Montas (3-0)) *BT Sport2

Friday 15 June

No early games.

All of these games are available to watch or listen to live via an MLB.TV subscription, other than the Facebook live game which is exclusive (but free) to Facebook subscribers. TV coverage of MLB in the UK comes courtesy of the BT Sport channels and these are highlighted above, as are any games that are available to view online for free via MLB.com. The above list of games just shows those starting before midnight UK time. The full schedule of MLB games can be found on MLB.com

MLB This Week: Games every day on BT Sport

We’ve got day-game baseball to enjoy from MLB every day this working week, so there are plenty of opportunities to catch some live baseball at a convenient time for us in the UK.

Monday and Tuesday bring early games thanks to double-headers, with the Yankees and Tigers playing a twin set on Monday and the White Sox and Twins doing likewise on Tuesday.

The early games on Wednesday include one from an intruiging interleague series between the Milwaukee Brewers and Cleveland Indians, whilst the Facebook exclusive game is D-Backs versus Giants.

Thursday and Friday offer Cubs fans the chance to watch their time at a convenient time both days, catching the final game of their home series against the Phillies on the former and the first game of their series against the Pirates on the latter.

All times are in BST.

Monday 4 June

18:10 Yankees at Tigers (Severino (8-1), TBD) *MLB.com Free Game, BT Sport/ESPN

Tuesday 5 June

21:10 White Sox at Twins (Lopez (1-4), TBD) *BT Sport/ESPN

Wednesday 6 June

18:05 Rays at Nationals (TBD, TBD)
18:10 Orioles at Mets (Bundy (3-7), Wheeler (2-4))
18:10 Brewers at Indians (Anderson (4-4), Carrasco (6-4))
20:40 Braves at Padres (Foltynewicz (5-3), TBD) *BT Sport/ESPN
20:45 D-backs at Giants (Buchholz (1-1), TBD) *Facebook Game

Thursday 7 June

17:35 Rockies at Reds (Anderson (3-1), Harvey (1-4))
17:35 Dodgers at Pirates (TBD, Taillon (3-4)) *BT Sport/ESPN
18:10 White Sox at Twins (Shields (1-6), Berrios (6-5)) *MLB.com Free Game
18:15 Marlins at Cardinals (Hernandez (0-3), Mikolas (6-1))
19:20 Phillies at Cubs (Pivetta (4-4), Chatwood (3-4))

Friday 8 June

19:20 Pirates at Cubs (TBD, Montgomery (1-1)) *BT Sport/ESPN.

All of these games are available to watch or listen to live via an MLB.TV subscription, other than the Facebook live game which is exclusive (but free) to Facebook subscribers. TV coverage of MLB in the UK comes courtesy of the BT Sport channels and these are highlighted above, as are any games that are available to view online for free via MLB.com. The above list of games just shows those starting before midnight UK time. The full schedule of MLB games can be found on MLB.com