NEW YORK — The Atlanta Braves are among the nine Major League Baseball teams that have terminated their deals with the FanDuel Sports Network to carry their regional TV broadcasts, and baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said MLB is prepared to produce and distribute the telecasts.
Main Street Sports Group, which operates the FanDuel networks, did not make its December payment to the St. Louis Cardinals. It also carries games for the Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays, along with 13 teams in the NBA — including the Atlanta Hawks and Memphis Grizzlies — and seven in the NHL, including the Nashville Predators.
The termination by the MLB teams was confirmed to The Associated Press by a person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decisions had not been announced.
“No matter what happens, whether it’s Main Street, a third party or MLB media, fans are going to have the games,” Manfred said Thursday.
Teams that terminated their contracts could reach new deals with Main Street, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.