[3] As part of the "MLB World Tour", the San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Padres played a two-game series at Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium in Mexico City on April 29–30, while the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs played a two-game series at London Stadium in London on June 24–25.
[8] Prior to the start of the regular season, each team played between 27 and 33 spring training games, beginning on February 24.
[21] On October 21, the Rangers announced Bruce Bochy as the 20th manager in franchise history, signing a three-year deal.
[23] On October 25, St. Louis Cardinals bench coach and former Major League Baseball player Skip Schumaker was named the new manager of the team.
[27] On October 30, Tampa Bay Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro was named the new manager of the team.
[189] The following teams have announced their uniform advertisements: The Padres wore 1948 Pacific Coast League throwbacks on April 17 in honor of Johnny Ritchey, who integrated the PCL.
[citation needed] All teams and umpires wore #42 on April 15, the 76th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut in the majors.
[230] TBS broadcast the National League Division Series and the National League Championship Series;[229] TBS' postseason games were also made available on the streaming service Max's new Bleacher Report Sports Add-on tier which launched on October 5,[238] and Spanish-language coverage was simulcast on MLB Network.
[224] On February 24, 2023, the AT&T SportsNet regional sports networks sent a letter to the Rockies, Astros, and Pirates saying they had until March 31, to reach an agreement to take their local television rights back.
Discovery and Major League Baseball quietly negotiated a deal to keep the remaining RSNs operational through the end of the season.
[262][263] On April 5, Major League Baseball filed an emergency motion asking the bankruptcy judge to order Diamond to pay the teams they missed payments to or give the media rights back to MLB.
Diamond argued that due to the impact of cord-cutting, the contract rate for the media rights of the teams was too high.
[264][261][259][265] As an interim, on April 19, the bankruptcy judge ordered Diamond Sports to pay 50% of what the Diamondbacks, Guardians, Twins, and Rangers are owed.
[266] On June 1, after a two-day long hearing, the bankruptcy judge ordered Diamond to pay the teams fully within five days.
[268][269] MLB Local Media—a new department led by former Fox Sports Networks executive Billy Chambers[270]—took over production and distribution of Padres telecasts the same day; Padres games would be available locally via ad-hoc channels on participating television providers in the San Diego area, and via an over-the-top subscription service hosted by MLB.tv.
Chambers' team was on standby in Miami for the Padres' series against the Marlins, focusing in particular on contingencies for the May 31 game based on the deadline, and having only 24 hours' notice of the missed payment on May 30.
Once the team returned to San Diego, MLB Local Media inherited the mobile production units and freelance employees that had been used by Bally.
[275] On July 18, Diamond Sports officially rejected its contract with the Diamondbacks; MLB Local Media subsequently took over production of the team's telecasts in a similar arrangement to the Padres.