In 2025, Diamond Sports Group will carry only one of the 12 MLB teams it televised in 2024, the broadcaster confirmed in a Wednesday bankruptcy hearing, according to Sportico.
The Atlanta Braves will be the only team that DSG will carry next season, while the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Rays will be able to renegotiate new contracts or find new deals elsewhere.
The Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins and Texans Rangers were on one-year deals that expired at the end of September.
All 12 teams were broadcast under DSG’s regional sports network brand Bally Sports for this past season.
“The debtors are assuming a single telecast agreement, that of the Atlanta Braves,” said DSG attorney Andrew Goldman. “All of Major League Baseball’s other agreements will be rejected under the plan.”
MLB had been hoping to receive clarity on DSG’s plans for 2025 and beyond, otherwise they had the right to turn down the company’s bankruptcy reorganization plan.
“We have no information about what is being done,” said MLB lawyer Jim Bromley, according to The Athletic’s Evan Drellich. “We’ve had no opportunity to review and now we’re in front of the court and being asked to make our comments.”
DSG filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2023.
This move, according to Goldman, will allow those 11 teams to make plans for the 2025 MLB season.
The judge scheduled another session for Oct. 9, with a final confirmation hearing set for Nov. 14.
