MLB 2025: How to Watch Opening Day and the Major League Baseball Season Without Cable

Like starting pitchers who throw 200 innings or more in a season, blackout restrictions in baseball are dwindling and may soon be a thing of the past. In this era of bullpens filled with flame-throwing relievers and analytics that show a pitcher facing a lineup for a third time in a game usually yields poor results, only four pitchers hit the 200-innings mark last year, down from 34 only a decade prior. And in this era of streaming, only four teams still have blackout restrictions in place that prevent their fans from streaming their games from anywhere without needing a pay-TV subscription. For most baseball fans this season, you can subscribe to a direct-to-consumer streaming package for roughly $20 a month that will show nearly every one of your team's games, whether you live in your team's market or are an out-of-market fan. And the odds are good that your local team's games are still available on a regional sports network, a TV channel you can get with cable or satellite TV or a ... Read full article.