⚡ When to Watch · MLB Prime Window (US)
Most games start between 6:40 PM and 10:10 PM ET, with day games on Sundays, holidays, and getaway days. The Apple TV+ Friday Night Baseball doubleheader anchors weekends, and the Sunday Night Baseball window has moved from ESPN to NBC/Peacock starting 2026.
18:40–22:10 ET
Prime window
Fri nights
Apple TV+ doubleheader
Sun 19:10 ET
Sunday Night Baseball · NBC
Tue 19:10 ET
TBS Tuesday · Max
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Where to Watch · 2026 Rights
All platforms verified Apr 2026
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Key Dates · 2026 Season
Mar 25 · Netflix
Opening Night
Yankees @ Giants · Oracle Park · First-ever live MLB on Netflix · 8:05 PM ET
Mar 26 · League-Wide
Opening Day
All 30 teams in action. Season begins.
Jun 8 · Netflix
Home Run Derby
Philadelphia · First Derby on Netflix · Prime-time event
Jul 14 · FOX
All-Star Game
Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia · 96th Midsummer Classic
Aug · Netflix
Field of Dreams Game
Dyersville, IA · Annual specialty broadcast on Netflix
Sep 28
Regular Season Ends
162 games complete. Wild Card race peaks.
Sep 30 · NBC/Peacock
Wild Card Round
Best-of-3 series. All on NBC properties — new exclusive from 2026.
Oct · TBS/FOX
Division Series / LCS
Best-of-5 and best-of-7 rounds across TBS, FOX, FS1.
Late Oct · FOX
World Series
Best-of-7 · Exclusively on FOX · Dodgers chase three-peat
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The 30 Teams
2026 alignment
American League · East
Toronto Blue Jays — 2025 AL Champions
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Tampa Bay Rays
American League · Central
Cleveland Guardians
Detroit Tigers
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins
Chicago White Sox
American League · West
Houston Astros
Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers
Los Angeles Angels
Athletics (Sacramento/Vegas transition)
National League · East
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Mets
Atlanta Braves
Washington Nationals
National League · Central
Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee Brewers
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates
National League · West
Los Angeles Dodgers — 2× defending champs · chasing three-peat
San Diego Padres
Arizona Diamondbacks
San Francisco Giants
Colorado Rockies
The Fact
2026 is the Rights Realignment Year — Everything Changed
For 35 years, Sunday Night Baseball lived on ESPN. That's over. Starting 2026, the Sunday game moves to NBC/Peacock. ESPN pivoted to become the retail home for MLB.TV, distributing the out-of-market package that MLB itself owns. Netflix entered the ecosystem with marquee events — Opening Night, the Derby, Field of Dreams, and in Japan all 47 WBC games exclusively. Apple quietly locked down Friday nights, FOX held the World Series, and TBS kept Tuesdays. If you haven't updated your subscriptions since the 2025 season, you're probably paying for the wrong thing.
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