Futures Game Is Moving To Peacock Premium

The Futures Game will be changing broadcasters this year, as MLB announced on Wednesday that it will be part of the new package MLB has sold to Peacock, NBC’s streaming service.

According to a release sent out by MLB, the Futures Game, which is played every year during the all-star weekend, will be airing exclusively on Peacock Premium. Recently the Futures Game was on MLB Network. It has also aired on ESPN in the past. It’s one of the highlights of the season for fans of prospects, as it gathers many of the best prospects in baseball to play an all-star game.

Peacock Premium is the pay portion of the Peacock streaming service. There is a $4.99 monthly plan and a $9.99 monthly plan.

The date of the Futures Game was not listed in the release. It traditionally has been played on the Sunday before the MLB All-Star Game.

In addition to the Futures Game, Peacock will have a package of 18 Sunday morning/afternoon games that will stream on Peacock. The first (a May 8 11:30 a.m. White Sox at Red Sox game) will air on NBC as well, but the remaining 17 will be exclusive to Peacock Premium. That means they will not air on the team’s local networks or live on MLB.tv.

This is a further expansion of MLB games onto streaming services. MLB recently announced a deal with Apple TV+ as well.

The Peacock games are listed below.

May 8	11:30 a.m. ET	Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox
May 15	11:30 a.m. ET	San Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves
May 22	11:30 a.m. ET	St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates
May 29	11:30 a.m. ET	San Francisco Giants at Cincinnati Reds
June 5	11:30 a.m. ET	Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees
June 12	11:30 a.m. ET	Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Guardians
June 19	Noon ET	Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals
June 26	Noon ET	New York Mets at Miami Marlins
July 3	Noon ET	Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers
July 10	Noon ET	Los Angeles Angels at Baltimore Orioles
July 17	Noon ET	Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays
July 24	Noon ET	Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies
July 31	Noon ET	Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays
Aug. 7	Noon ET	Houston Astros at Cleveland Guardians
Aug. 14	Noon ET	San Diego Padres at Washington Nationals
Aug. 21	Noon ET	Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians
Aug. 28	Noon ET	Los Angeles Dodgers at Miami Marlins
Sept. 4	Noon ET	Toronto Blue Jays at Pittsburgh Pirates