ESPN today unveiled half of its game selections for its upcoming 30th season of Sunday Night Baseball presented by Taco Bell – the exclusive, national MLB game of the week. The 2019 slate will feature five appearances by the reigning World Series Champion Boston Red Sox and American League M.V.P. Mookie Betts, including games against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a World Series rematch, plus three games against their rivals, the New York Yankees and Aaron Judge. The schedule opens on Sunday, March 31 when the Philadelphia Phillies host the Atlanta Braves.

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ESPN’s Baseball Tonight is hitting the Las Vegas strip for the 2018 Baseball Winter Meetings. Multiple editions of Baseball Tonight will air daily on ESPN2 from Monday, Dec. 10 through Wednesday, Dec. 12. The show will be located at a set inside the Mandalay Bay Resort, home of the Baseball Winter Meetings. Baseball Tonight is also available to watch on the ESPN App.

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ESPN today announced it has reached a multi-year extension with Major League Baseball analyst Rick Sutcliffe. The Cy Young Award-winning pitcher’s broadcasting career spans more than 20 years, as he first joined ESPN in 1998. He is one of ESPN’s longest-tenured commentators.

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ESPN will open its 30th season of Major League Baseball coverage with 14 season-opening games, beginning with an Opening Day tripleheader on Thursday, March 28, 2019. At 1 p.m. ET, the New York Yankees and Aaron Judge will host the Baltimore Orioles and Mark Trumbo. At 4 p.m., the National League Champion Los Angeles Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw will host the Arizona Diamondbacks and Paul Goldschmidt. And, at 7 p.m., the defending World Series Champion Boston Red Sox and American League M.V.P. Mookie Betts will visit the Seattle Mariners and Robinson Cano in an exclusive ESPN telecast. All ESPN MLB games are also available on the ESPN App.

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ESPN will reveal this season’s best defensive players in Major League Baseball on the 2018 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards Presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods on Sunday, Nov. 4, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN and the ESPN App.

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Major League Baseball game viewership on ESPN was up from 2017, according to Nielsen. ESPN finished the season with an average of 1,074,000 viewers across its 94-game telecasts, (including the full regular season slate and the National League Wild Card Game presented by Hankook Tire). The audience was up two percent from 1,048,000 viewers in 2017, according to Nielsen.

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ESPN’s signature Major League Baseball highlights, news and information show Baseball Tonight presented by Chevrolet is back with regular, nightly editions throughout the MLB Postseason.

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For its 21st consecutive season, ESPN Radio will broadcast every game of the MLB Postseason. MLB Postseason coverage on ESPN Radio continues tonight with the American League Wild Card Game between the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees, followed by the start of both National League Division Series (Oct. 4) and American League Division Series (Oct. 5).

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ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes combined to draw 7,100,000 viewers for the 2018 MLB National League Wild Card Game presented by Hankook Tire. The 13-inning thriller, in which the Colorado Rockies defeated the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, became the fourth-most watched MLB Wild Card Game ever, according to Fast Nationals from Nielsen. Tuesday’s telecast peaked across ESPN platforms with 8,400,000 viewers from 11-11:30 p.m. ET.

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