CLEVELAND — Add the Cleveland Guardians to your growing list of streaming options. The team is launching a new streaming service that lets you watch around 150 games without blackouts.
According to the team, the streaming service will be for local games only.
The service is now available; you can pay annually or monthly. The annual plan is $99, and the monthly plan is $19.99.
Subscribers will see firsthand several new "special technological features, including a new Wire Cam at Progressive Field, live look-ins to the MLB Replay Operations Center and a new RF camera with shallow depth-of-field look," the Guardians said.
"Major League Baseball is producing our games," Austin Controulis, the assistant director for communications for the Cleveland Guardians, said. "They come in with a lot of resources. They come in with a lot of experience."
The league has already implemented similar streaming takeovers for the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres.
The Guardians say the service will expand access, estimating it will reach 235% more households than in 2024.
Some fans see the deal as a win.
"One hundred dollars for the whole year for every game? It's completely worth the price for me," said Frank Caspio, a Guardians fan.
Others, like Lawrence Woolfolk, feel the rising cost of sports streaming is becoming a barrier.
"They make it so difficult for me to watch the game," Woolfolk said. "That's probably more reason that people just turn away from it."
Woolfolk, like some other fans, prefers to watch games at bars or restaurants instead of paying for another subscription.
Matt Underwood, Rick Manning and Andre Knott return for their 11th year to anchor the local Guardians games.
Each home game streamed on CLEGuardians.TV will feature a 30-minute pregame and a 15-minute postgame show.
Al Palowski and Chris Gimenez will host the pre and postgame shows. Cody Allen, Ben Broussard, Nick Goody, Cayleigh Griffin, Austin Jackson and Jason Kipnis will be contributors.
The service is available for purchase now, but the team is still in talks with cable providers to determine additional viewing options.
"They always come down to the last second," Controulis said. "We expect by the time we get to Opening Day – and the first day of the regular season – all those cable deals will be worked out."
With potential cable agreements on the horizon, fans who already pay for TV services may want to hold off before committing to another subscription.
The Guardians say whatever deals are finalized, fans will have more options than before.
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