By Phillip Swann
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MLB TV, the league’s online package of out-of-market games, is available for free this weekend as a Mother’s Day gift to everyone.
The free preview, which does not include tonight’s two games on Apple TV+ or ESPN’s Sunday night game, starts today (May 10) and will run through Sunday, May 12. You do not need a credit card to watch, just an MLB.com account. (Blackouts also apply during the free preview to in market games except for the Padres, Diamondbacks and Rockies. You can determine which teams would be blacked out in your zip code here.)
The weekend lineup of games includes tomorrow’s MLB debut by the Pittsburgh Pirates fireballer Paul Skenes who will face the Chicago Cubs at 4 p.m. ET. Other key matchups this weekend: The New York Yankees will face the Tampa Bay Rays; the Baltimore Orioles will host the Arizona Diamondbacks; and the Los Angeles Dodgers will visit the San Diego Padres.
The full-season price for MLB TV is now $139.99, which is $10 less than when the season started. For $139.99, a MLB.TV subscriber can watch every out-of-market game on 400 supported devices, including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, computers, smart phones and tablets, among others.
MLB.TV also includes more than 7,000 minor league games through the First Pitch or MiLB apps. The league says it will also include Multiview, which will enable subscribers to watch up to four games at once on the MLB apps on supported Apple TV, Fire TV, Google TV, Roku and Xbox devices.
You can learn more about MLB TV here.
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