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Cleveland Guardians, MLB streaming options for 2026 season announced
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If you're a local Cleveland Guardians fan wanting to watch the team locally, nothing's changed for you. For out-of-market fans of the team, there's are differences in how to watch the team.
Local games for the team, produced by Major League Baseball, can still be streamed on CleGuardians.tv and be viewed on Spectrum and DirecTV.
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The difference? MLB.TV , the streaming service that has served as the home to out-of-market games, has moved to ESPN via the ESPN app and ESPN.com. That gives Guardians fans out of the home-market area the ability to watch.
How can someone subscribe to CleGuardians.tv?
CleGuardians.tv costs $19.99 per month and $99.99 for the season. If you have access through a cable system that remains the same. You're welcome.
How can fans subscribe to MLB.TV?
MLB.TV can be purchased across ESPN's assorted services . You may need a scorecard to decipher the options, but here you go:
If you currently subscribe to ESPN's standalone service, ESPN Unlimited, it can be had for $134.99 for the 2026 season.
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For non-subscribers of ESPN Unlimited that price is $149.99 for the season and will include a month of the standalone service for free.
Prefer to subscribe monthly? That's $29.99 and will include a free month of ESPN Unlimited.
What if you're an MLB addict and you want both?
For the true baseball fanatic who can't live without America's pastime even when the Guardians aren't on, the Guardians and MLB.TV packages can be bundled for $199.99 per season or $39.99 per month. For the number crunchers out there, that's a savings of 20% by purchasing the full season.
George M. Thomas covers a myriad of things including sports and pop culture, but mostly sports, he thinks, for the Beacon Journal.
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Cleveland Guardians streaming options for 2026 season announced
