Sources: 9 MLB teams end deals with Main Street Sports Group - ESPN

In response to more financial instability from their regional sports network operator, and in hopes of providing themselves with some much-needed flexibility, nine Major League Baseball teams have terminated their contracts with Main Street Sports Group, sources told ESPN on Thursday.

Main Street, which holds 29 NBA, NHL and MLB teams in its portfolio and broadcasts their games under the name FanDuel Sports, emerged from a lengthy bankruptcy proceeding at the start of 2025 but finds itself in deep financial trouble again. Recent reports from Sports Business Journal stated that the company will dissolve at the end of the current NBA and NHL seasons if it does not execute a sale to another platform.

That state of flux prompted all nine MLB teams under the portfolio — the Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Rays — to terminate their original deals with Main Street.

All those teams could return to the RSN operator if it finds another buyer and improves its outlook for the 2026 season, sources said; opting out now, though, gives those teams the flexibility to explore other alternatives in the meantime, including the possibility of joining MLB. It also protects them in case the company goes through another bankruptcy, though a source with Main Street recently depicted that as unlikely.

In a statement, a spokesperson for Main Street wrote: «We remain in active dialogue with all of our MLB team partners regarding potential revised terms of our agreements going forward.»

MLB currently holds the rights to the Arizona Diamondbacks, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Guardians, Colorado Rockies, Minnesota Twins and