2025 Major League Baseball season

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2025 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationMarch 18 – September 28, 2025
Number of games162
Number of teams30
TV partner(s) Fox/FS1
TBS/TruTV
ESPN/ABC
MLB Network
Streaming partner(s) HBO Max (ad free tiers only)
Apple TV+
The Roku Channel
ESPN+
Draft
Top draft pick Eli Willits
Picked by Washington Nationals
Regular season
Postseason
World Series
MLB seasons
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The 2025 Major League Baseball season began on March 27 (with a special two-game Tokyo Series prior to that), and ran until September 28. The 95th All-Star Game was played on July 15 at Truist Park in Cumberland, Georgia, the home of the Atlanta Braves. [1] The National League won the "swing-off" tiebreaker after a 6–6 tie after nine innings.

Contents

The Athletics relocated from Oakland to West Sacramento, California, for at least three seasons before their planned relocation to the Las Vegas metropolitan area. [2] Beginning with this season, the team is currently branded as the Athletics, with no city name attached. [3]

This was the first season since 2005 in which there wasn't a no-hitter pitched. [4]

Schedule

Major League Baseball released its 2025 schedule on July 18, 2024. There are 162 games scheduled for all teams. The scheduling formula was modified this season to increase the number of games between "prime" Interleague rivals from four to six, playing two three-game series instead of two two-game series. May 16–18 has also been designated as "Rivalry Weekend", featuring 11 series of these "prime" Interleague rivals. [1] [5]

The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs opened the season at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 18–19 in the MLB Tokyo Series 2025. Opening Day in North America occurred on March 27 for all teams except for the Colorado Rockies and the Tampa Bay Rays, which was rescheduled to March 28 due to work done at the Rays' temporary ballpark Steinbrenner Field. [1]

The 95th All-Star Game was played on July 15, hosted by the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Cumberland, Georgia. The Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds were scheduled to play a game at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, on August 2. Due to inclement weather, the start time was pushed back and then the game was suspended in the bottom of the first inning. The game was completed on August 3. The MLB Little League Classic at Bowman Field in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was played on August 17 with the Seattle Mariners taking on the New York Mets. The postseason is scheduled to begin on September 30. [6]

Rule changes

On January 25, 2025, MLB announced a set of rule changes to take effect during the season: [7]

Experimental rules

During spring training, 13 stadiums were used to test the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS). When ABS was available, teams had two challenges per game: Retaining successful challenges. The batter, catcher, or pitcher could challenge a ball or strike call, but had to do so immediately and without assistance from anyone else. [8] ABS was also used during the All-Star Game. [9]

Standings

American League

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
(1)  Toronto Blue Jays 9468.58054274041
(4)  New York Yankees 9468.58050314437
(5)  Boston Red Sox 8973.549548334140
Tampa Bay Rays 7785.4751741403645
Baltimore Orioles 7587.4631939423645
AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
(3)  Cleveland Guardians 8874.54345364338
(6)  Detroit Tigers 8775.537146354140
Kansas City Royals 8280.506643383942
Minnesota Twins 7092.4321838433249
Chicago White Sox 60102.3702833482754
AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
(2)  Seattle Mariners 9072.55651303942
Houston Astros 8775.537346354140
Texas Rangers 8181.500948333348
Athletics 7686.4691436454041
Los Angeles Angels 7290.4441839423348

National League

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
(2)  Philadelphia Phillies 9666.59355264140
New York Mets 8379.5121349323447
Miami Marlins 7983.4881738434140
Atlanta Braves 7686.4692039423744
Washington Nationals 6696.4073032493447
NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
(1)  Milwaukee Brewers 9765.59952294536
(4)  Chicago Cubs 9270.568550314239
(6)  Cincinnati Reds 8379.5121445363843
St. Louis Cardinals 7884.4811944373447
Pittsburgh Pirates 7191.4382644372754
NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
(3)  Los Angeles Dodgers 9369.57452294140
(5)  San Diego Padres 9072.556352293843
San Francisco Giants 8181.5001242393942
Arizona Diamondbacks 8082.4941343383744
Colorado Rockies 43119.2655025561863

Source: [10]

Postseason

The postseason began on September 30. [11]

Bracket

Wild Card Series
(ALWCS, NLWCS)
Division Series
(ALDS, NLDS)
Championship Series
(ALCS, NLCS)
World Series
1 Toronto3
4 NY Yankees24 NY Yankees 1
5 Boston 1 American League 1 Toronto
2 Seattle
2 Seattle3
3 Cleveland 1 6 Detroit 2
6 Detroit2AL  
NL  
1 Milwaukee 2
4 Chicago Cubs24 Chicago Cubs2
5 San Diego1 National League  
3 LA Dodgers
2 Philadelphia 1
3 LA Dodgers23LA Dodgers3
6 Cincinnati0

Managerial changes

General managers

Off-season

TeamFormer GMReason For LeavingNew GMNotes
Minnesota Twins Thad Levine Fired Jeremy Zoll On October 4, 2024, Levine departed after an eight-year tenure with the team. [12]
San Francisco Giants Farhan Zaidi Fired Zack Minasian On September 30, 2024, Zaidi was fired after six years as the team's president of baseball operations. The same day, the Giants named former catcher Buster Posey as the new president of baseball operations. [13] On November 1, Posey hired Zack Minasian to serve as general manager. [14]

In-season

TeamFormer GMInterim managerReason For LeavingNew GMNotes
Washington Nationals Mike Rizzo Mike DeBartoloFiredOn July 6, Rizzo was fired after 17 years as the team's president of baseball operations. The Nationals named assistant general manager Mike DeBartolo as the interim general manager. [15]

Field managers

Off-season

TeamFormer ManagerInterim ManagerReason For LeavingNew ManagerNotes
Chicago White Sox Pedro Grifol Grady Sizemore Fired Will Venable On August 8, 2024, the White Sox fired Grifol. In two seasons as manager of the White Sox, he compiled a record of 89–190 (.319) with no playoff appearances. [16]

Sizemore was named as the interim manager on the same day Grifol and bench coach Charlie Montoyo were fired. This was his first managerial position. [17]

Venable was hired on October 31. He had previously been an assistant coach for the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, and Texas Rangers. [18]

Cincinnati Reds David Bell Freddie Benavides Terry Francona On September 22, 2024, the Reds fired David Bell. During his six seasons as the Reds skipper, Bell compiled a record of 409–456 (.473) with one playoff appearance during the 2020 COVID-shortened season.

Benavides, the current bench coach, was named as the interim manager for the rest of the season. This was his first managerial position. [19] On October 4, Francona was hired as the new manager for the Reds. [20]

Miami Marlins Skip Schumaker N/A Clayton McCullough On September 29, 2024, the Marlins announced that Skip Schumaker would not return as the team manager for the 2025 season. In his two seasons as the Marlins skipper, Schumaker compiled a record of 146–178 (.451), with one playoff appearance. [21]

On November 11, McCullough was hired as the new manager for the Marlins. [22]

Contract expired

In-season

TeamFormer managerInterim managerReason for leavingNew managerNotes
Pittsburgh Pirates Derek Shelton N/AFired Don Kelly On May 8, after a 12–26 (.316) start to the season, the Pirates fired Derek Shelton. During his six seasons as the Pirates skipper, Shelton compiled a record of 306–440 (.410) with no playoff appearance. Kelly, the current bench coach, was named as the manager for the rest of the season. This is his first managerial position. [23]
Colorado Rockies Bud Black Warren Schaeffer FiredOn May 11, after a 7–33 (.175) start to the season, the Rockies fired Bud Black. Black finished his Rockies managerial career with a 544–690 (.441) record with two postseason appearances. Warren Schaeffer was named the interim manager for the remainder of the season. This will be his first managerial position. [24]
Baltimore Orioles Brandon Hyde Tony Mansolino FiredOn May 17, after a 15–28 (.349) start to the season, the Orioles fired Brandon Hyde. Hyde finished his Orioles managerial career with a 421–492 (.461) record with two postseason appearances. Hyde was named AL Manager of the Year in 2023, leading the Orioles to a 100-win season (their first since the 1980 season) and their first AL East division title since 2014. Tony Mansolino was named the interim manager for the remainder of the season. This will be his first managerial position. [25]
Washington Nationals Dave Martinez Miguel Cairo FiredOn July 6, after a 37–53 (.411) start to the season, Martinez was fired by the Nationals. Martinez finished his Nationals career with a 500–622 (.446) record with one postseason appearance, which they won the World Series after the 2019 season. [15] Miguel Cairo was named interim manager on July 7. This will be his second stint as manager after leading the Chicago White Sox in 2022 with a record of 18–16 (.529). [26]

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Aaron Judge (NYY).331
OPS Aaron Judge (NYY)1.145
HR Cal Raleigh (SEA)60
RBI Cal Raleigh (SEA)125
R Aaron Judge (NYY)137
H Bobby Witt Jr. (KC)184
SB José Caballero (NYY)/(TB )49
Pitching leaders
StatPlayerTotal
W Max Fried (NYY)19
L Jack Flaherty (DET)15
ERA Tarik Skubal (DET)2.21
K Garrett Crochet (BOS)255
IP Garrett Crochet (BOS)205.1
SV Carlos Estévez (KC)42
WHIP Tarik Skubal (DET)0.89

National League

Hitting leaders
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Trea Turner (PHI).304
OPS Shohei Ohtani (LAD)1.014
HR Kyle Schwarber (PHI)56
RBI Kyle Schwarber (PHI)132
R Shohei Ohtani (LAD)146
H Luis Arráez (SD)181
SB Oneil Cruz (PIT)
Juan Soto (NYM)
38
Pitching leaders
StatPlayerTotal
W Freddy Peralta (MIL)17
L Kyle Freeland (COL)17
ERA Paul Skenes (PIT)1.97
K Logan Webb (SF)224
IP Logan Webb (SF)207.0
SV Robert Suárez (SD)40
WHIP Paul Skenes (PIT)0.95

Source: [27]

Milestones

Batters

Pitchers

Miscellaneous

Awards and honors

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

MonthAmerican LeagueNational League
April Aaron Judge Pete Alonso
MayAaron Judge Shohei Ohtani
June Cal Raleigh Juan Soto
July Nick Kurtz Kyle Stowers
August Shea Langeliers Brice Turang
SeptemberAaron Judge Daylen Lile

Pitcher of the Month

MonthAmerican LeagueNational League
April Max Fried Yoshinobu Yamamoto
May Kris Bubic Robbie Ray
June Hunter Brown Zack Wheeler
July Nathan Eovaldi Paul Skenes
August Trevor Rogers Freddy Peralta
SeptemberMax FriedYoshinobu Yamamoto

Reliever of the Month

MonthAmerican LeagueNational League
April Andrés Muñoz Robert Suárez
May Jhoan Durán Edwin Díaz
June Josh Hader David Bednar
July Kenley Jansen Edwin Díaz
August Aroldis Chapman Raisel Iglesias
September Cade Smith Mason Miller

Uniforms

Wholesale changes

Uniform advertisements

This is the third year that teams have added advertisement patches to their uniforms. The following teams have announced their uniform advertisements.

City Connect

Eight teams unveiled new City Connect 2.0 uniforms and wore them for the first time during the season. [151]

Anniversaries and special events

TeamSpecial occasion
All Teams Jackie Robinson Day (April 15)
Pink Ribbons for breast cancer awareness (May 11, Mother's Day)
Patch for Armed Forces Day (May 17) and Camouflage caps for Armed Force's Day Weekend (May 16–18)
Poppy for Memorial Day (May 26)
#4 patch for Lou Gehrig Day (June 2)
"Play Ball" patch in partnership with USA Baseball and USA Softball (June 13–15)
Blue Ribbons for prostate cancer (June 15, Father's Day)
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum logo patches (July 19–21)
Gold Ribbons for childhood cancer (September 1)
#21 patch for Roberto Clemente Day (September 15)
"MLB Debut" patch for players who play their first Major League game
Gold "batterman" patch for previous season's winners of the Most Valuable Player, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards
Athletics#24 Patch in memory of Rickey Henderson
Patch featuring "Sacramento" and the Tower Bridge to commemorate the team's first season in Sacramento. [159]
Atlanta Braves150th season in National League (since 1876)
2025 MLB All-Star Game
30th Anniversary of 1995 World Series Championship
Baltimore Orioles30th Anniversary of Cal Ripken Jr.'s 2,131st consecutive game
55th Anniversary of 1970 World Series Championship
Chicago Cubs150th season in National League (since 1876)
#23 signature patch in memory of Ryne Sandberg (July 29 onwards)
Chicago White Sox125th Anniversary Season
20th Anniversary of 2005 World Series Championship
#45 patch in memory of Bobby Jenks (July 10 onwards)
Cincinnati Reds50th Anniversary of 1975 World Series Championship
35th Anniversary of 1990 World Series Championship
#14 patch in memory of Pete Rose [160]
Colorado Rockies30th Anniversary of Coors Field
Detroit Tigers25th Anniversary of Comerica Park
Houston Astros25th Anniversary of Daikin Park
Kansas City Royals40th Anniversary of 1985 World Series Championship
10th Anniversary of 2015 World Series Championship
Los Angeles Dodgers70th Anniversary of 1955 World Series Championship
60th Anniversary of 1965 World Series Championship
5th Anniversary of 2020 World Series Championship
#34 Patch in memory of Fernando Valenzuela [161]
2024 World Series championship (March 27)
Milwaukee BrewersSignature Patch in memory of Bob Uecker [162]
New York Mets#7 Patch in memory of Ed Kranepool [163]
New York Yankees25th Anniversary of 2000 World Series Championship
Philadelphia Phillies45th Anniversary of 1980 World Series Championship
Pittsburgh Pirates65th Anniversary of 1960 World Series Championship
"COBRA" patch in memory of Dave Parker (July 25 onwards)
San Francisco Giants15th Anniversary of 2010 World Series Championship
25th Anniversary of Oracle Park
Washington Nationals20th Anniversary Season

Throwbacks

Other uniforms

Venues

On November 16, 2023, MLB owners approved the Athletics' relocation from Oakland to Las Vegas. The Athletics then announced on April 4, 2024, that the team would temporarily play at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California, from 2025 to 2027, with an option for 2028, while their new ballpark in Las Vegas is under construction. [2] [164]

Due to severe roof damage sustained at Tropicana Field caused by Hurricane Milton, the Tampa Bay Rays will play at George M. Steinbrenner Field, the New York Yankees' spring training stadium in Tampa. [165]

Guaranteed Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox, was renamed to Rate Field during the offseason on December 17, 2024, as part of a rebrand of Guaranteed Rate. [166]

Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, was renamed to Daikin Park during the offseason on January 1, after Japanese air conditioning manufacturer Daikin bought the naming rights. [167]

Media

Television

National

This is the fourth year of the existing seven-year deals with Fox, TBS, and Apple TV+. [168] This is also the fourth year of a deal with ESPN. However, ESPN and Major League Baseball announced prior to the season that both parties had exercised a mutual opt-out to end the agreement following the 2025 season. [169] This is the second year of a multi-year deal with TelevisaUnivision. [170]

Linear television
  • Fox will continue to air their Fox Saturday Baseball and Baseball Night in America slate of games on most Saturdays during the season and select Thursday nights (these games will be in regional windows with at least two games per night). Fox will exclusively air the MLB Speedway Classic as part of their package. Fox and FS1 will split coverage of the MLB Tokyo Series, with Fox airing the first game and FS1 airing the second; although Fox aired the first game, MLB allowed the Cubs' Marquee Sports Network and the Dodgers' Spectrum SportsNet LA to produce their own broadcasts in the Chicago and Los Angeles metropolitan areas. [171] Fox will air the 2025 MLB All-Star Game. FS1 will also broadcast games, mainly on Saturday afternoons, which will be both non-exclusive and co-exist with regional broadcasts. [172]
  • TBS will continue to broadcast MLB Tuesday . Most games are blacked out in the home markets of the teams playing, however, TBS is allowed to co-exist once with a teams' local broadcast. [173] TBS also brought in Alex Faust as the secondary play-by-play voice on both MLB Tuesday and in the Division Series, replacing Bob Costas. [174]
  • ESPN will continue to broadcast Sunday Night Baseball , with the option to show alternate broadcasts, along with at least five other exclusive regular-season games. For the first time since 2021, ESPN will air a doubleheader on Opening Day. [175] ESPN will also air a doubleheader on Sunday, July 6, as part of July 4 weekend. [176] The network also has the rights to the Home Run Derby. [177] Select games may air on ABC or ESPN2. Joe Buck, who was the lead MLB on Fox play-by-play commentator until he moved to ESPN for Monday Night Football in 2022, called his first nationally televised baseball game for ESPN on Opening Day in 2025. [178]
  • MLB Network will continue to broadcast a regular slate of games. While most games will be simulcasts of the teams' local broadcast, select games will be produced by the network under its MLB Network Showcase banner. All games are blacked out in the home markets of the teams playing. [179]
  • UniMás and TUDN will air the weekly whiparound show MLB En Vivo (lit.'MLB Live') on Tuesday nights throughout the season, the weekly studio show MLB Esta Semana (lit.'MLB This Week') on Saturday nights, and postseason coverage. [180]
Streaming
  • For the first time, ESPN+ and Disney+ will simulcast coverage of ESPN's Opening Day games and the network has the option to simulcast additional ESPN-produced games. [181] However, unlike previous seasons, ESPN+ will not stream a daily MLB game produced by RSN’s. [182] Beginning August 24, ESPN's new direct-to-consumer service of the same name will stream all ESPN-produced games. [183] [184]
  • HBO Max will continue to simulcast TBS' games, however beginning this season it will only stream games on its ad free tier. [185]
  • Apple TV+ continues to hold the rights to Friday Night Baseball , which features two exclusive games each Friday during the season. [168]
  • This will be the second season that MLB Sunday Leadoff will be streamed on The Roku Channel under a three year deal [186] which features one game each week from May to August. The network has the option in airing games in the early or late windows. [187]
  • Beginning August 21, Fox One will simulcast in market and national Fox games, along with all FS1 games. [188] [189]
  • MLB.tv will continue to stream out-of-market games (including out-of-market Fox games) and all Roku and MLB Network games. [187] [190]
Postseason

During the postseason, the ESPN networks (including ABC, with Spanish–language simulcasts on ESPN Deportes) will air all four Wild Card Series. [177] TNT Sports (TBS and truTV) will then broadcast the National League Division Series and the National League Championship Series, [173] and Fox Sports (Fox and FS1, with Spanish-language simulcasts on Fox Deportes) will broadcast the American League Division Series, the American League Championship Series and the World Series. [172]

Local

  • The Chicago White Sox, the NBA's Chicago Bulls, the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks, and Standard Media launched the Chicago Sports Network in October 2024, replacing NBC Sports Chicago as their regional broadcaster. The new network is carried via both broadcast and subscription television. [191] [192] In June, Chicago Sports Network ended its broadcast television carriage in Illinois after reaching a carriage agreement with the subscription television service Comcast. This did not affect the network's broadcast carriage in Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan. [193] However, in July, Chicago Sports Network announced an agreement with WCIU-TV in Chicago to simulcast seven White Sox games on broadcast television. [194]
  • MLB Advanced Media reached agreements with the Athletics, Dodgers, Giants, Mets, and Phillies to launch in-market direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming packages via MLB.tv. For all teams except the Dodgers, subscribers will have the ability to bundle the service with MLB.tv's out-of-market package. [195] [196] [197]
  • Sportico reported that NBC Sports California had renegotiated its agreement with the Athletics to account for its transitional relocation to Sacramento. The network's broadcast territory has historically included the Sacramento market, where it serves as the regional broadcaster of the NBA's Sacramento Kings. [198]
  • Amid the now-resolved bankruptcy of Main Street Sports Group (formerly Diamond Sports Group)—owners of the FanDuel Sports Network (FDSN, formerly Bally Sports) regional sports networks, [199] its contracts with the Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, and Texas Rangers expired at the end of the 2024 season, [200] [201] [202] while the Reds announced an agreement to opt out of its existing contract with Diamond. [203]
    • MLB Local Media will assume the rights to the Guardians and Twins beginning in the 2025 season. [204] [205]
    • The Brewers and Reds were originally announced as also moving to MLB Local Media, but Diamond later re-entered into negotiations with both teams, and reached new agreements for them to remain on FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin and Ohio respectively. The new contracts also include additional options to carry the teams' games on DTC platforms. [206] [203]
    • The Rangers launched the in-house Rangers Sports Network (RSN); it operates similarly to MLB Local Media, distributing games via agreements with television providers within the team's market, and offering a DTC service hosted by Victory+ (which is available via a paid subscription, or at no additional charge to authenticated subscribers of television providers who carry Rangers games). [207] [208] [209] The Rangers also announced agreements with Gray Media and Nexstar Media Group to syndicate a package of 15 games—primarily Friday home games—to a statewide network of broadcast television stations, with KDAF in Dallas as flagship station. [209] [210]
    • Diamond renegotiated its contracts with most of the remaining teams it televises. [211] [212] [206] [203]
  • MLB Local Media will also oversee production of Mariners telecasts with Root Sports Northwest's 2024 separation from Warner Bros. Discovery/TNT Sports, but the network will still handle distribution as before. [213] Root Sports Northwest announced an in-house DTC service on March 21, 2025. [214] On September 27, 2025, the Mariners decided to shut down Root Sports Northwest and move to MLB Local Media starting in 2026. [215]
  • On November 22, 2024, the Miami Marlins parted ways with television play-by-play announcer Paul Severino after seven seasons. [216] On January 17, 2025, the Marlins announced that they have moved announcer Kyle Sielaff from radio to television play-by-play. [217]
  • Teams with local media agreements with FanDuel Sports Network and MLB Local Media began simulcasting a limited amount of games on over-the-air stations. These deals resemble arrangements made under some of FDSN's NBA and NHL contracts, which similarly enable teams to simulcast a limited package of games on broadcast television. [218]
    • In addition to airing on FanDuel Sports Network, the Braves, Cardinals, Royals, and Reds announced agreements to simulcast packages of games on networks of Gray Media broadcast stations. The Braves will air a package of 15 regular-season games in simulcast with FanDuel Sports Network South, with WPCH-TV in Atlanta as the flagship station. In addition, Gray exclusively produced and aired 10 spring training games. [219] The Cardinals will air a package of at-least 10 regular season games in simulcast with FanDuel Sports Network Midwest, with Matrix Midwest as the flagship station. [220] The Royals will air a package of 10 regular-season games in simulcast with FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City, with KSMO-TV as the flagship station. [221] The Reds will air a package of 10 regular season games in simulcast with FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, with WXIX-TV and Rock Entertainment Sports Network as the flagship stations. [222]
    • In March 2025, the Brewers and Tigers reached agreements with Fox Television Stations (a former sister to FDSN) to serve as flagships for similar arrangements, with Detroit's WJBK to simulcast 10 Tigers games with FanDuel Sports Network Detroit, [223] and WITI in Milwaukee to simulcast 10 regular season Brewers games and 3 spring training games with FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin. The Brewers' radio rightsholder Good Karma Brands is handling syndication agreements for the Brewers' package, which includes affiliates in other Wisconsin markets. [224] In May, the Angels reached an agreement with KCOP-TV to simulcast 12 games. [225]
    • Later in March, the Diamondbacks, Padres, and Rockies, whose television rights are controlled by MLB Local Media, reached similar agreements with Tegna Inc. to simulcast 10 games. The flagship stations will be KFMB-DT2 (The CW San Diego) for the Padres, KTVD for the Rockies, and KPNX for the Diamondbacks. [226] The Guardians reached a similar agreement with Tegna in April, with WKYC serving as the Guardians' flagship. [227] In April, the Twins also announced a 10-game simulcast agreement with Fox Television Stations. KMSP-TV will serve as the flagship station for these games; Gray Media will distribute games in other markets. [228]
    • In April, the Marlins and Rays reached agreements with CBS News and Stations to simulcast 15 games. The Marlins' flagship will be WBFS-TV, while the Rays' flagship will be WTOG. [229] [230]
  • On February 21, 2025, the Seattle Mariners promoted announcer Aaron Goldsmith to lead television play-by-play following the departure of Dave Sims to the New York Yankees' radio booth. The Mariners also parted ways with long-time television analyst Mike Blowers after a 17-year tenure. As a result, analyst duties will be split between Jay Buhner, Dave Valle, Angie Mentink, and Ryan Rowland-Smith. [231] [232]
  • On March 3, the Orioles and Nationals reached a settlement to end the teams' dispute over television rights fee payments. Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), which is owned and operated by the Orioles but airs both teams' games, pays rights fees to the Nationals. Through the settlement, the Nationals' agreement with the Orioles and MASN will end following the 2025 season. [233]
  • On March 12, the Braves announced that they would introduce Spanish-language commentary on SAP for regional games on FanDuel Sports Network, with Francisco X. Rivera on play-by-play. [234]
  • On March 18, the NBC Sports Regional Networks—the broadcast home of the Athletics, Giants and Phillies—launched in-market DTC services as paid add-ons for NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock, which include all programming broadcast by the networks. Access to these services require an active Peacock subscription. [235] The next day, MLB announced separate agreements with the teams to also offer DTC packages via MLB.tv; these packages do not require a Peacock subscription, but does not include other programming from the teams' networks. [236]
  • On March 24, Nationals TV play-by-play announcer Bob Carpenter announced that he will retire following the conclusion of the 2025 season. Carpenter has called Nationals games since the 2006 season, and previously called games for the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals, as well as occasional national assignments with ESPN. [237]
  • On April 21, Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, the home of the Nationals and Orioles, announced the launch of a direct-to-consumer streaming service. The Astros are now the only MLB team without a DTC option. [238]
  • In May, the Athletics announced an agreement with Gray Media to simulcast 15 games in Las Vegas, in preparation for the teams' move to the city, on KVVU and Silver State Sports & Entertainment Network. [239]

International

  • ESPN will additionally air its slate of games in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania and the Netherlands, and will air games through Disney+ in select markets in Asia and Europe. [240]
  • TNT Sports will additionally air its slate of games in Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. [240]
  • Fox Sports will additionally air its slate of games in Argentina, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. [240]
  • MLB Network International will air select games worldwide.

Radio

National

  • This will be the final season that ESPN Radio will be airing games (due to ESPN opting out of this deal along with its TV deal), which includes Sunday night baseball, the entire All Star Weekend and the entire MLB Postseason. [241]
  • This is the second season of the league's five-year deal with SiriusXM and SiriusXM Canada to simulcast all 30 teams' local regular season and postseason broadcasts in English and Spanish. [242]

Local

  • On November 14, 2024, the New York Yankees announced the hiring of Dave Sims as the team's primary radio play-by-play announcer, succeeding John Sterling. Sims was previously the lead television play-by-play announcer of the Seattle Mariners, holding the job since 2007. [243]
  • On November 15, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced the hiring of Luis Cruz (who played for the team in 2012 and 2013) as an analyst for its Spanish-language radio broadcasts, succeeding Fernando Valenzuela—who had died on October 22, 2024. [244]
  • On January 16, 2025, the Milwaukee Brewers' long-time play-by-play announcer Bob Uecker died at the age of 90. A Ford C. Frick Award winner in 2003, Uecker had been the team's primary radio announcer since 1971, and also worked national broadcasts for ABC and NBC. [245] The Brewers will utilize Jeff Levering, Lane Grindle, and Josh Maurer on radio play-by-play during the season, with Grindle or Maurer calling games when Levering is on television. [246]
  • The Boston Red Sox promoted Will Flemming to lead radio play-by-play following the retirement of Joe Castiglione. Flemming is the brother of San Francisco Giants announcer Dave Flemming. [247]

Retirements

The following players and coaches retired during the 2025 season and before the start of the 2026 campaign:

Retired numbers

See also

References

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