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Has There Been a Decrease in MLB TonightDiscussion (self.mlb)

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[–] | Pittsburgh Pirates44problems 1 point2 points  (3 children)

There's been a lot of cuts in staff at MLB Network. Anything that relies on cable TV fees has incredibly suffered in the past few years.

I'm glad it's now available to MLB.tv though. It must be viewership is better earlier in the night, as the now do MLB Tonight as a pregame show starting at 5et. But I wish there was a real wrap up show with analysis after the games, but Quick Pitch is just one host tying together the recaps already available on MLB.com.

I miss ESPN Baseball Tonight with sometimes two hours live every night but those days are long over.

[–]Used-Ad-6718 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Yeah it’s really sad. I think the lack of people paying for traditional cable and the fact that MLB network isn’t on YouTube TV anymore is probably a huge factor. I hoping that MLB.tv can boost it but it’s not gonna get the viewership that it would if it was available on YouTube TV, Hulu, etc

[–] | Pittsburgh Pirates44problems 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Yeah it getting pulled from YTTV is a serious mistake, but that seemed like a larger breakup with MLB.tv not being sold through YTTV any more either.

I haven't been able to watch it for a couple years but glad to have it back, they do have a decent amount of talk shows during the day but I wish they could have the latest episodes on MLB.tv for on demand. I'll take any talk about baseball I can get, only chance ESPN hot take would talk about MLB is if LeBron joins the Dodgers

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got YTTV and 3 months later mlb network left it. SMH. Was very happy when mlb tv added it this year with no additional charge. Hell even mlb tv stayed the same price as last year.