Want to watch all of the Yankees' games on TV this season? It'll cost you over $1,200.

MW Want to watch all of the Yankees' games on TV this season? It'll cost you over $1,200.

By Weston Blasi and Charles Passy

To show how expensive and complicated it can now be to watch all of an MLB team's games, we looked at the Yankees, who will appear on 10 different networks or streaming platforms this season

Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees reacts after striking out against the San Francisco Giants during the sixth inning on Opening Day at Oracle Park.

What will it cost to watch all of your favorite baseball team's games on TV this season? For fans of at least one team: over $1,200.

Just like the NFL and NBA have done in recent years, MLB shows many of its games on streaming networks that you have to pay for. And this year, baseball has a new one - Netflix $(NFLX)$, which showed the first game of the season on Opening Day last week. It was the first time the streamer ever showed a live MLB game, and it will show a few more during the 2026 season.

"It's absolute ridiculousness," Errol Marks, who hosts a podcast devoted to New York sports, says about the cost and complexity that watching games requires now.

To illustrate how expensive and complicated it can now be to watch all of your team's games, we looked at what it would take to watch all of the New York Yankees' games this season - including tonight's game against the Seattle Mariners. Granted, not all teams are on as many streaming networks as the Yankees, and thus not as expensive to watch.

This season, the Bronx Bombers' 162 regular-season games (and playoff games) will appear on a total of 10 different networks or streaming services: the YES Network (the Yankees' own broadcasting arm), Amazon (AMZN) Prime Video, NBC/Peacock $(CMCSA)$, ESPN, ABC $(DIS)$, Fox $(FOX)$, FS1, TBS, AppleTV $(AAPL)$ and Netflix.

Here's how much it would cost to watch all of their games:

-- For cable subscribers: $1,487 a year

-- For cord-cutters: $1,262 a year

-- For people with a cable alternative like FuboTV: $1,235

Read on to see how we calculated those figures.

For cord-cutters

Cord-cutters are how the majority of Americans will be watching TV. By 2024, 54% of U.S. households had opted out of cable. In 2027, this figure is expected to increase to 76%, according to Statista.

Here's everything you need to pay for to watch the Yankees this season:

   NBC, via Peacock                 $110 
   ABC and ESPN, via ESPN APP       $300 
   Fox and FS1, via Fox One         $200 
   TBS, via HBO Max                 $185 
   Netflix                          $108 
   Apple TV                         $100 
   Amazon Prime Video               $139 
   YES Network, via Gotham Sports   $120 
   Total: $1,262 annually 

Most MLB teams have a local broadcaster that televises games. For the Yankees, that's the YES Network, which can be purchased via the Gotham Sports app for $120 a season. YES Network carries 100-plus games and is available if you live within the Yankees' home market - the New York area.

All subscriptions listed in this story are for the cheapest, ad-supported plans each streamer offers, and are the price of an annual subscription. It also includes Netflix's most recent price hike. Discounts can also be had depending on seasonal promotions and partnerships between streamers.

For people with cable TV and live alternatives like FuboTV

Of course, there are ways to stream every Yankees game in 2026 other than buying each service individually. You could bundle many of the channels needed in a live TV service like FuboTV.

After adding the costs of Apple TV, Amazon and Netflix to that, the total cost to watch every Yankees game with a bundled live TV service is an estimated $1,235 annually, roughly in line with the non-bundled version.

And as an example for cable subscribers, TV packages from DirecTV that fans would need to watch all the Yankees games would be an estimated $1,487 a year, after adding the cost of AppleTV, Amazon and Netflix.

People looking to save money can subscribe to some of these services monthly, and then unsubscribe during months when no games are on that platform - instead of paying for a full-year subscription.

The MLB and Yankees did not respond to a request for comment.

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With other MLB teams, prices to stream all 162 games plus the postseason may vary. That's partly because their games aren't on as many different platforms.

Also, if you live outside of the local market of your favorite team, you can subscribe to the MLB.TV app for $150 a season to watch many of a team's games.

While some of the costs may seem high, it's important to note that none of the costs above cover internet service. According to Consumer Reports, the median monthly cost for internet service in the U.S. in 2025 was $74.99, a figure that must be factored into the total expenditure.

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-Weston Blasi -Charles Passy

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