In that event, the cities in the blacked-out markets will instead see a simulcast of another scheduled game via one team's local TV rights holder.

On July 8, 2011, Al Michaels teamed up with Bob Costas (with the two announcers alternating between play-by-play and color commentary) to call a game between the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants on MLB Network.

In exchange, MLB Network was awarded the rights to televise two of the Division Series games that previously belonged to TBS.

[9] Vasgersian and Jim Kaat called Game 3 of the 2013 American League Division Series, also between the Detroit Tigers and the Oakland Athletics on October 7 as well.

In 2017, Bob Costas called Game 1 of the American League Division Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros on MLB Network.

Costas and his color commentator Jim Kaat received criticism for their "bantering about minutia" and misidentification of plays.

[11] This arrangement ended in the 2024 season, with MLB announcing an agreement with TelevisaUnivision to hold Spanish-language rights to the postseason games aired by TNT Sports, along with studio programming.

In a deal announced in September 2022, Melanie Newman and CC Sabathia will host selected games for BBC Sport, these continue to be branded as an MLB Network Showcase broadcast.