Major League Baseball is nearing a finalized agreement with Disney 's ESPN, Comcast 's NBC Sports and Netflix on new three-year media rights deals for packages of live games.

Earlier this year, ESPN opted out of its $550 million-per-year deal for Sunday Night Baseball. That package will be split into two parts for 2026-28, if a deal closes.

An agreement hasn't yet been finalized and may still fall apart.

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Under the terms currently being discussed, NBC would acquire all of the league's Sunday

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