This is interesting ($24.99), season-long ($124.99) or yearlong ($149.99) subscription. SportsNet New York, the Mets’ local television partner, will launch a subscription streaming service on Tuesday that allows cord-cutting fans to watch games without paying for a TV bundle. The move is part of a growing trend that Major League Baseball hopes will help combat a longstanding irritant for fans: blackouts. “The biggest thought is fan friendly, right?” commissioner Rob Manfred said. “As long as that digital product is out there, the fan, whether it’s the best option or not, has an option to get the games and that’s really important.” SNY is the ninth team broadcaster this year to offer a standalone in-market streaming product for the first time — and the first third-party regional sports network to offer the service in conjunction with MLB itself. That partnership could prove notable in the context of Manfred’s broader ambitions to sell more national packages to major digital companies, an effort that would require cooperation from big-market teams like the Mets. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6143098/2025/02/18/mets-sny-streaming-blackout?source=user-shared-article