MLB will stream Minnesota Twins games in 2025
DaShawn Keirsey Jr. #89 of the Minnesota Twins celebrates with Willi Castro #50 and Carlos Santana #30 after hitting his first career home run against the Baltimore Orioles on September 29, 2024 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Brace Hemmel (Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Major League Baseball will produce and distribute games for the Minnesota Twins in 2025, the team announced on Tuesday.
What do we know?
According to the Twins, the games will be distributed similar to how the MLB streams Diamondbacks, Rockies, and Padres games, without local blackouts.
The new arrangement comes as the partnership between MLB teams and the Bally Sports Network disintegrates.
"This will eliminate all blackouts as we've come to know and hate them," Twins President Dave St. Peter said on Tuesday.
How does it work?
Fans will be able to pay a monthly or yearly fee to stream Twins games in 2025.
The games will be available at Twins.TV but the team expects the MLB to reach deals with cable providers to also offer the games through their cable service as well. The Twins were considering a streaming option for games before and during the 2024 season before they came to an agreement with Bally Sports on a one-year deal that went through this season.
For the Padres last season, the MLB charged $19.99 per month or $99.99 for the full season for Padres-only games.
However, the prices for the 2025 season are not yet set, but the Twins expect the prices to be similar.
Impact
As the number of cord-cutters increases, the Twins say the new deal will greatly expand their reach to fans. Under the Bally's deal, the Twins had access to only 1.08 million households. Now, they say they will have access to 4.40 million.
Frustration among the Twins' fan base grew throughout the season when Comcast cable and Diamond Sports couldn't reach an agreement on sports programming, leaving Bally Sports regional networks in the dark on cable TV for Twins' games. We don'yet know how much the new arrangement will cost for consumers, but Twins' fans will at the very least have the option to not miss any games on TV in 2025.