ESPN has agreed to a deal that locks down Major League
Baseball rights into the next decade, according to SportsBusiness Daily.
The eight-year deal is worth $5.6 billion (an average of
$700 million per year), approximately doubling the nearly $306 million ESPN
currently pays MLB every year for domestic TV rights.
The new deal adds in digital, international and radio, for
which ESPN is paying MLB around $50 million currently, sources said. Sources
added the deal will be announced as soon as this afternoon.
As part of the deal, which runs through 2021, ESPN retains
the rights to "Sunday Night Baseball," its Monday and Wednesday night
games and highlights for "Baseball Tonight."
ESPN also will carry one wild card playoff game, sources
said. In its current deal, ESPN does not have rights to any MLB playoffs.
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