MLB to produce, distribute local Guardians games in 2025
DETROIT -- The Guardians can put all of their 2025 uncertainties aside, as the team has already figured out its TV and streaming plans for next season.
On Tuesday, Major League Baseball announced that it will produce and distribute local games for the Guardians, Twins and Brewers next season. This means that Guardians fans will no longer have to deal with local blackouts to stream the broadcasts.
"We’re excited to work with Major League Baseball to produce and distribute games locally,” a representative of the Guardians said in a statement released by the team. "This is great for our fans, as beginning in 2025, our games will now be more widely available. This will include streaming for the first time ever in our home television territory, essentially ending blackouts for our fans locally."
Over the next few months, MLB and the Guardians will negotiate with local cable and satellite providers to have Cleveland’s games televised with distribution similar to what the club had this past season.
Regardless of what is determined when it comes to cable, Guardians games will be available to be streamed locally for the 2025 season with no blackouts, except for nationally televised games.
With MLB as the rights’ holder, Guardians broadcasts will now include special features normally associated with nationally televised games, including Ump Cam, live look-ins to the MLB Replay Operations Center, Wire Cam, on-field locations for pregame and postgame, new RF camera with a shallow depth-of-field look, and increased access including in-game interviews with players.
Last season, the Guardians' reach on its regional sports network was approximately 1.45 million households. With MLB’s streaming options, Cleveland’s games will now be able to reach up to approximately 4.86 million households.
More information about where and how fans can watch will be made available closer to the 2025 season.