The three-year media rights deals for packages of live games come after ESPN opted out of its $550 million-per-year deal for Sunday Night Baseball.

The league struck a deal with ESPN and NBC. Per Andrew Marchand of The Athletic, MLB.TV will now be part of the new ESPN Unlimited direct-to-consumer platform, and the company would have "the exclusive rights to sell all out-of-market regular-season games digitally and in-market games for five clubs over the next three years."

ESPN and Major League Baseball just can’t quit one another. Months after the two sides agreed to opt out of the seven-year, $550 million annual deal that began in 2021, they are reportedly about to agree on a new one.