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Why DIRECTV STREAM is the Best Choice to Follow Baseball Through the World Series

The 2023 Major League Baseball season is more than halfway over, and the trade deadline approaching traditionally signals the time when pretenders and contenders separate themselves. It’s a critical time of year, as the regular season winds down and clubs jockey for playoff positioning.

Users of DIRECTV STREAM℠ won’t have to worry about jockeying between services to find MLB games leading into the postseason! DIRECTV STREAM is The Streamable’s No. 1 seed when it comes to watching the rest of the MLB regular season, as well as the playoffs, and the World Series. The service offers both national and regional sports networks (RSNs), meaning if your favorite team is in the mix for the playoffs, DIRECTV STREAM will offer as many of its games as possible!

Which Regional Sports Networks are Available with DIRECTV STREAM?

A large portion of fans will be reliant on a regional sports network (RSN) to see the rest of their chosen MLB team’s regular season games. The good news is that outside of NBC Sports Philadelphia, DIRECTV STREAM carries all of the top RSNs around the country.

DIRECTV STREAM’s Choice package ($99.99 per month plus tax) is the ideal channel lineup for MLB fanatics, as it offers your area’s local RSN in addition to national sports channels.

RSNs from AT&T SportsNet, Bally Sports, and SpectrumSportsNet are available on the DIRECTV STREAM Choice plan. If you’re a fan of the San Diego Padres or Arizona Diamondbacks — two teams formerly covered by Bally Sports RSNs — DIRECTV STREAM provides the new channels needed to stream those clubs’ games as well. Independent RSNs like NESN, YES Network, and Marquee Sports Network are also available on DIRECTV STREAM in their respective markets. The service is one of the only places where Colorado Rockies fans can watch games in their home market as well.

A limited-time offer from DIRECTV STREAM lowers its base price by $10 for the first three months of service for new customers, and when you consider the fact that DIRECTV STREAM carries more top news and entertainment channels than any other live TV streaming service, the choice becomes even clear. No other live TV service comes close to offering the amount of regional sports channels that DIRECTV STREAM carries.

*Note that availability of RSNs varies by zip code and package

DIRECTV STREAM Fubo Hulu Sling TV YouTube
Free Trial Free Trial Sign Up 50% OFF Sign Up
$74.99 $85.98 $69.99 $40 $40 $72.99
Atlanta Braves
Bally Sports South
≥ $99.99 - - - -
Baltimore Orioles
MASN
≥ $99.99 - - - - -
Boston Red Sox
NESN
≥ $99.99 - - - -
Chicago Cubs
Marquee Sports Network
≥ $99.99 - - - -
Chicago White Sox
NBC Sports Chicago
≥ $99.99 - -
Cincinnati Reds
Bally Sports Ohio
≥ $99.99 - - - -
Cleveland Guardians
Bally Sports Great Lakes
≥ $99.99 - - - -
Colorado Rockies
AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain
≥ $99.99 - - - - -
Detroit Tigers
Bally Sports Detroit
≥ $99.99 - - - -
Houston Astros
AT&T SportsNet Southwest
≥ $99.99 - - - -
Kansas City Royals
Bally Sports Kansas City
≥ $99.99 - - - -
Los Angeles Angels
Bally Sports West
≥ $99.99 - - - -
Los Angeles Dodgers
Spectrum SportsNet LA
≥ $99.99 - - - - -
Miami Marlins
Bally Sports Florida
≥ $99.99 - - - -
Milwaukee Brewers
Bally Sports Wisconsin
≥ $99.99 - - - -
Minnesota Twins
Bally Sports North
≥ $99.99 - - - -
New York Mets
SportsNet NY
≥ $99.99 - -
New York Yankees
YES Network
≥ $99.99 - - - - -
Oakland Athletics
NBC Sports California
≥ $99.99 - -
Philadelphia Phillies
NBC Sports Philadelphia
- - -
Pittsburgh Pirates
AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
≥ $99.99 - - - -
San Francisco Giants
NBC Sports Bay Area
≥ $99.99 - -
Seattle Mariners
Root Sports Northwest
≥ $99.99 - - - -
St. Louis Cardinals
Bally Sports Midwest
≥ $99.99 - - - -
Tampa Bay Rays
Bally Sports Sun
≥ $99.99 - - - -
Texas Rangers
Bally Sports Southwest
≥ $99.99 - - - -
Washington Nationals
MASN
≥ $99.99 - - - - -

Can You Watch the 2023 MLB Playoffs on DIRECTV STREAM?

The 2023 MLB playoffs begin on Oct. 3, and with 12 playoff spots per league instead of 10, the action will be more intense than ever. If your team looks playoff-bound, you’ll find the best place to stream its potential playoff series will be DIRECTV STREAM.

The MLB playoffs will be shown on seven channels this season: ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, FS1, MLB Network, and TBS. The best way to see all of these networks in one place is a DIRECTV STREAM subscription, as the Choice plan includes MLB Network and all of the other channels needed to watch MLB postseason action. Users should check with DIRECTV to see if their local ABC or Fox affiliate has been affected by the current outage of Nexstar-owned channels on the service.

DTV STREAM Fubo Hulu Philo Sling TV YouTube
Free Trial Free Trial Free 3-Day Trial Free Trial Get 50% Off Sign Up
$79.99 $94.99 $76.99 $25 $40 $40 $72.99
ABC - -
ESPN - -
ESPN2 - -
Fox - -
FS1 - -
MLB Network + $15 + $8 - + $11 + $11 -
TBS - -

DIRECTV STREAM is the ultimate fan destination for MLB games for the rest of the 2023 regular season, and into the playoffs. Once the MLB season ends, DIRECTV STREAM Choice and above users will have access to the NFL Network as part of their subscription as well, and can add the NFL RedZone channel via the Sports Pack when the NFL regular season begins.

DIRECTV STREAM

DIRECTV STREAM is a live TV streaming service, which is essentially the streaming version of the DIRECTV service. All packages include local channels and at least 31 of the top 35 cable channels. New subscribers can get a free Gemini streaming device from the company, in which case the service is called “DIRECTV via Internet.”

DIRECTV STREAM starts at $79.99 / month for their Entertainment package. You can upgrade to their Choice package, which begins at $108.99 / month, that includes your local RSN and HBO Max for three months. They also have an Ultimate ($119.99) for 130 channels and Premier ($164.99) for 140 channels. In addition to not having a contract, there are no extra RSN fees or Broadcast TV fee.

The service includes an Unlimited DVR on all packages and unlimited simultaneous at-home streams.

The service was previously called AT&T TV.

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David covers the biggest news stories, live events, premieres, and informational pieces for The Streamable. Before joining TS, he wrote extensively for Screen Rant and has years of experience writing about the entertainment and streaming industries. He's a Broncos fan, streams on his Toshiba Fire TV, and his favorites include "Andor," "Rings of Power," and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds."

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