Baseball — Where to Watch

Baseball is unusual among the sports on this site because there are four professional leagues with real broadcast markets: Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, Japan’s NPB, Korea’s KBO and Taiwan’s CPBL. Each is sold separately. Following the NPB from Europe and following MLB from Japan are two different problems, with different answers.

The other thing worth knowing before you pay for anything: MLB’s national rights in the United States were rearranged for the 2026–2028 cycle. The windows moved between networks, and a great deal of what is still published about baseball on television is a description of the previous deal.

ESPN no longer has Sunday Night Baseball. For the 2026 cycle the Sunday windows sit with NBC, NBCSN and Peacock, with Spanish-language coverage on Telemundo and Universo. Any page that still says Sunday Night Baseball is on ESPN is describing a deal that has ended.

Country	Who shows it	Free option
US	Fox and Fox Deportes are the primary free-to-air partner. NBC, NBCSN, Peacock and Telemundo hold the Sunday windows. ABC and ESPN have Saturday and Sunday afternoons and Monday nights, with ABC taking selected regular-season games. TBS continues, simulcast on HBO Max. Apple TV+ has Friday Night Baseball, and Netflix is new to baseball for 2026. Out-of-market games are MLB.TV.	None confirmed for live MLB. Fox and ABC are broadcast networks, so their games can be received free over the air with an antenna — that is a property of the network rather than a free league package.
Canada	Sportsnet+ carries MLB, which in practice means the Blue Jays. DAZN Canada carries MLB Network. TSN does not list MLB.	None confirmed.
Japan	DAZN Japan carries NPB, excluding some Hiroshima Carp home games, plus farm-league games; it sells a separate Baseball plan. J SPORTS carries baseball including MLB and the Carp, Chunichi, DeNA, Orix and Rakuten.	Terrestrial broadcasters air selected NPB games free, and TVer, the free ad-supported catch-up service, carries baseball highlights. Which games air free is announced only days ahead, so check listings rather than assuming.
South Korea	SPOTV carries MLB including the postseason and the World Series, and the WBSC Premier12. For the KBO, TVING holds the exclusive new-media rights under a contract running to 2026, with a renewal reported for 2027–2031.	KBS, MBC and SBS, the terrestrial networks, cover weekend KBO games, the opening game and key postseason games. Text commentary on the major portals is free too, but that is not a stream.
Taiwan	ELTA TV carries MLB and the home games of four CPBL clubs. DAZN Taiwan carries all six CPBL clubs plus the KBO and the NPB with Chinese commentary. CPBLTV, sold through Hami Video, is the only official full-season platform for the domestic league.	Some CPBL clubs stream some games free on their own Twitch and YouTube channels. This varies club by club and we could not confirm it for every club.
Switzerland	DAZN Switzerland lists MLB Network and MLB.TV as part of its sports tiers.	None confirmed.
UK and Ireland	No MLB broadcaster is confirmed in our research. Apple TV+ has carried Friday Night Baseball in some markets; its UK and Ireland status is unverified.	None confirmed.

Can you watch it free?

Live MLB: no, not in any market we checked. There is no free-to-air MLB package anywhere, and the league’s own streaming product is a paid out-of-market service. The nearest thing in the United States is a Fox or ABC game received over the air.

The free layer in baseball is in Asia, and it is a domestic-league layer rather than an international one. Korea’s terrestrial networks show weekend KBO games, the opener and the postseason. Japan’s commercial networks air selected NPB games, with highlights on TVer. In Taiwan some CPBL clubs run their own free streams. None of that helps you follow MLB from outside the United States.

Three leagues, three answers. A subscription that carries MLB will not carry the NPB, and a Japanese baseball subscription will not carry MLB. If a guide offers you “baseball” as a single product, check which league it actually means before you buy it.

The cheapest legal route

Japan. DAZN’s Baseball plan is the direct route to the NPB at ¥2,300 a month on an annual commitment; the general Standard plan is ¥4,200 a month, or from ¥3,200 a month when billed annually.
South Korea. SPOTV, at 9,900 won a month for the basic tier or 19,900 won for premium.
Taiwan. ELTA’s live package is NT$115 a month or NT$1,150 a year, and viewing is geo-restricted to Taiwan and the offshore islands. For the domestic league specifically, CPBLTV through Hami Video is the official full-season option.
Canada. Sportsnet+ covers MLB and the Blue Jays. Standard is C$29.99 a month or C$249.99 a year, Premium C$42.99 a month or C$324.99 a year — with a price increase taking effect on 22 September 2026, reported as C$269.99 and C$344.99 a year. Check the current figure before subscribing, because that change dates quickly.
United States, one team. MLB.TV is the out-of-market product, sold standalone and through Amazon Prime Video Channels. Prices were around $149.99 a year, or about $129.99 for a single team, but we could not confirm the current figures — and it is an out-of-market product, so your local team is blacked out live.

Services on this site that carry baseball, with the usual warning that rights and prices move
Service	Available in	What it carries	Price	Free trial
Apple TV+verify	Most countries	Formula 1 in the US, Friday Night Baseball, MLS	About USD 12.99-14.99/month depending on where you buy it	Yes — usually 7 days for new subscribers	No link yet
Sportsnet+verify	CA	NHL, MLB, Premier League, WWE	Monthly or annual in CAD	No	No link yet
ESPN Unlimitedverify	US	The full linear ESPN networks plus Monday Night Football, NBA, WNBA, college football playoff, NHL, WWE premium live events, LaLiga, F1, FA Cup	About USD 31.99/month or USD 319.99/year	No	No link yet

Availability matters. Apple TV+: Available in many countries, but the sports add-ons (MLS Season Pass, Friday Night Baseball) are not sold in every market. Sportsnet+: Canada only. ESPN Unlimited: United States only.

Who has Sunday Night Baseball now?

NBC, NBCSN and Peacock, with Spanish-language coverage on Telemundo and Universo. ESPN lost the Sunday night package in the 2026–2028 cycle, and pages that still list it under ESPN are out of date.

Does HBO Max still carry MLB?

Treat its MLB listing as stale. The TNT Sports MLB package ended with the 2025 season, while HBO Max’s own sports page has continued to name baseball. TBS continues, and its games are simulcast on HBO Max — but the wider TNT package is gone.

Where can I watch MLB outside the United States?

Canada: Sportsnet+. Japan: DAZN Japan and J SPORTS. Korea: SPOTV. Taiwan: ELTA TV. In the UK and most of Europe we could not confirm an MLB broadcaster at all, so check the league’s own site before buying anything.

Is there a free way to watch baseball?

Not live MLB. Free baseball exists at domestic-league level in Asia: KBO weekend and postseason games on Korea’s terrestrial networks, selected NPB games on Japanese television, and some CPBL games streamed free by the clubs themselves.

Is MLB.TV the same product everywhere?

No. It is sold and priced per country, and the blackout rules follow local broadcast deals, so the games people most want are often the ones it blocks. Check what your local version carries before assuming it matches the US product.

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