Baseball

4/6/2026 |  MLB 2026 Watchability Index: Ranking most fun teams to watch (ESPN) We're back with our third annual MLB Watchability Index -- and it couldn't come at a better time.
MLB is coming off a smashing success of a postseason with maybe the greatest World Series ever played and the highest ratings in years. The World Baseball Classic helped build momentum and excitement heading into this campaign. Two of the biggest stars in the history of the game in Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge continue to do miraculous things for the two biggest franchises in the sport. And to top it all off, baseball has what could be one of the best rookie classes in a long time, including a teenage sensation who is making the Pittsburgh Pirates relevant again.

4/2/2026 |  Baseball Is Back: MLB Opening Day Prices Soar (Front Office Sports) Baseball fans already got back to the action sooner than usual: March 25 marked the earliest league-wide Opening Day in history. But the World Baseball Classic really served as the unofficial start of play, with audiences across the world captivated.

4/2/2026 |  MLB’s Deals With Netflix and NBC Off to Strong Ratings Start (Front Office Sports) Netflix averaged three million viewers for its MLB opening night game between the Yankees and Giants, forming a key part of a historic opening week of viewership for the league. 
Though the Netflix game was marred by production issues and heavy promotional feel, Netflix said the broadcast generated the youngest audience for an MLB opener in a decade, excluding the pandemic-delayed start in 2020. 

3/31/2026 |  Through MLB’s first weekend, Salvador Perez and the Royals are ABS winners (Associated Press (AP)) Salvador Perez and the Kansas City Royals have been baseball’s best at utilizing their robot challenges through the first weekend of the Automated Ball-Strike System.
Perez topped all catchers by going 4-0 on challenges, while San Francisco’s Heliot Ramos and Cincinnati’s Eugenio Suárez were the only batters who went 2-0 — Suárez won his appeals on consecutive pitches.

3/31/2026 |  Mariners agree to record-setting extension with top prospect Colt Emerson ahead of MLB debut, per report (CBS Sports) The Seattle Mariners have agreed to terms with infield prospect Colt Emerson, who has yet to make his MLB debut, on an eight-year contract extension worth a guaranteed $95 million, FanSided reports. The deal also includes a club option for a ninth year that, along with escalators, could push the total value of the contract to more than $130 million. A full no-trade clause is also included.