This is AGGRAVATING & UNFAIR

I get cable including YES to see Yankee games - now it seems greed is invading this enjoyment. The Post is reporting (something we had heard rumors a couple weeks ago) that Amazon Prime is getting exclusive rights to 21 Yankee games primarily Fridays -

Per the Post report: This season, 21 Yankees games can only be viewed on the gigantic e-commerce company’s streaming service. The games, according to sources, will be primarily on Friday nights.

Amazon and YES declined comment.

To be as clear as possible, these games will not be on YES or any other service. Only Amazon Prime. They will be only available in the Yankees’ local footmark, which is primarily in the New York tri-state region. These are the games that used to be on Ch. 11. first game will be Friday, April 22, when the Yankees host Cleveland, The Post has learned.

Besides the Apple TV+ agreement, MLB plans to add some weekly Sunday late morning/early afternoon games on NBC’s streaming service, Peacock. That deal is not yet announced, as those games are not expected to begin until May. Hence, there is no schedule yet.

Meanwhile, baseball fans still need cable. Regional sports networks, like YES and SNY, have the vast majority of the games. ESPN has exclusive “Sunday Night Baseball” games. TBS will have a new Tuesday night schedule, but the games will not be exclusiveAmazon Prime has reported having more than 200 million subscribers. Its ubiquity is in large part because of its “free shipping,” which is included in the $139 yearly fee.



.'The company recently raised the price from $119 per year in part by citing its new deal with the NFL, which is for more than $1 billion a season. Now, in the tri-state New York region, Yankees games are being added to service. It will be the only place you will be able to see these Yankees games.

This is so totally not fair to those of us who do not have Amazon Prime, Apple TV or Peacock - and why should we have to pay any more for the games we want to see - the whole idea behind YES was to bring us all Yankee games that were not on ESPN or FOX. This is coming close to driving me away from baseball - GREEDY MLB and of course this comes after the CBA so players' union will be looking for their slice of this pie in 5 years.

C'mon YES stand up for the fans who pay for your services.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/31/2022 12:58PM by toga.