Baseball. America’s Pastime. But do you need cable TV to watch baseball? Not anymore. With 30 teams playing 162 games each, there are 2,430 baseball games played each year. And Cord Cutters can watch a LOT of baseball. Here is how-to watch baseball without cable TV 2018.

How-To Watch Baseball Without Cable TV 2018

Watching Major League Baseball without cable can seem confusing. So many games. So many teams. And those crazy blackout rules. But let’s break down how-to watch baseball without cable TV 2018.

The best way to get all the baseball you want to watch as a Cord Cutter is to combine MLB.TV with a local TV Antenna. MLB.TV will provide coverage of Out-Of-Market baseball games. While your local TV antenna can get you coverage of your local teams.

TV Antenna – Watch Your Local MLB Team

Local MLB teams get are regularly televised Over-The-Air (OTA) by local TV broadcasts.

The CW, FOX, and MyNetwork TV are channels that broadcast a LOT of local baseball games OTA. These OTA games can be watched FREE with just a TV Antenna.

With blackout rules that apply to both cable TV and streaming channels, watching local baseball games on CW, FOX, and MyNetwork is often your only option. So why not get those channels free with a TV Antenna.

First, find out what local OTA TV channels carry your favorite baseball team. Then, check to see if that channel is one of the FREE local HDTV channels available in your area.

There are several types and brands of indoor TV antennas and outdoor TV antennas you can use to get local OTA TV channels. And you can buy those antennas from online stores like Amazon, Mohu, and Antennas Direct.

Use a DVR With a OTA TV Antenna

Use a DVR to record baseball games and watch them later. TiVo and Tablo both have DVR models designed specifically for the Cord Cutter and OTA Antennas. TiVo and Tablo DVRs are very popular with Cord Cutters because they are easy to set-up and use.

Once you start using a DVR, you will probably wonder how you ever managed without it. 

MLB.TV

MLB.TV

With MLB.TV you can watch a lot of baseball.

MLB.TV is well supported and available to stream on devices such as Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Apple TV, Playstation 4, XBOX ONE, TiVo, and a PC or MAC computer.

MLB.TV has two packages – All Teams and Single Team.

MLB.TV – All Teams

• Watch EVERY out-of-market regular season game LIVE or on demand in HD
• Watch on your favorite supported devices (includes At Bat Premium app)
• Choose home or away feeds
• New MLB.TV Media Player for the web
• New Catch-Up feature for tvOS
• Follow Your Team Feature for only $10 Now Available
• $115.99/Yearly or $24.99/Monthly

MLB.TV – Single Team

This might be a good option if your favorite team is outside of your market and those are the only games you want to

Due to Major League Baseball exclusivities, live national broadcasts of MLB events, such as the All-Star Game, and select live national broadcasts of MLB games, including those broadcast by ESPN on Sundays, will be blacked out in the United States (including the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands). For a current listing of regular season games that will be nationally blacked out in the United States, click here. The list at this link will be updated throughout the season.

Stream MLB Games

There are other ways to watch baseball games too.

Each week, different channels televise several MLB games during the week.

ESPN will usually televise at least one MLB game each day on Sunday, Monday, AND Wednesday. Other major channels that will carry Major League Baseball games include ESPN2, TBS, FOX, and FS1.

Check the ESPN MLB Schedule to see the televised MLB schedule for ESPN, ESPN2, and FS1.

Sling TV, Hulu Live TV, YouTube TV, and FuboTV are streaming services that carry ESPN, ESPN2, TBS, FOX, or FS1.

Sling TV

Sling TV Orange ($20 per month) has ESPN, ESPN2, TBS. Sling TV Orange subscribers can also watch games televised on ESPN through the WatchESPN APP available on Roku or Amazon Fire TV.

Sling TV Blue ($25 per month) has FOX (select markets) and FS1.

Hulu Live TV

Hulu Live TV has the following channels that carry MLB games.

• ESPN
• ESPN2
• TBS
• FOX
• FS1

YouTube TV

YouTube TV has the following channels that carry MLB games.

• ESPN
• ESPN2
• TBS
• FOX
• FS1

FuboTV

FuboTV does not include ESPN. Out of the channels covering MLB, FuboTV only has FS1.

ESPN+

ESPN+ is a new subscription streaming service that will carry some MLB games throughout the season. ESPN+ is only available by streaming over the Internet. ESPN+ costs $4.99/month.

Read more about ESPN+.

How-To Watch the MLB All Star Game

The MLB All Star Game will be televised ONLY on ESPN.

 

 

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