Turner Sports, MLB extend TV deal another seven seasons
Pedro Martinez attends the WarnerMedia Upfront at Madison Square Garden on May 15, 2019. Credit: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Evan Agostini
Turner Sports announced on Thursday a seven-year extension of its rights deal with Major League Baseball, which will cover the seasons 2022 through 2028.
The deal includes a new, season-long Tuesday night game - replacing the current Sunday afternoon package - with a studio show that will be anchored by Ernie Johnson and feature Pedro Martinez, Jimmy Rollins and Curtis Granderson. (That group also will be seen on a studio show during this season's playoffs.)
Turner will continue to televise one League Championship Series and two division series each year and will add a wild-card game.
Sports Business Journal reported the deal is worth about $535 million per season, up from the current $325 million.
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
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