MLB Opening Day: How To Watch The First Baseball Games Of The 2025 Season Online

It's slugging season, folks. Here's everything you need to know for how to watch the 2025 MLB Opening Day baseball games online.

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The 2025 MLB season begins Stateside on Thursday, March 27. (The season officially began with a two-game series earlier this month between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs in Tokyo, Japan.) There will be a stacked schedule of games on Thursday, with 28 of the 30 teams facing off. Most of the day's games will be televised on the regional sports networks affiliated with each baseball club. (Head here for more details.)

ESPN will nationally broadcast two games to celebrate MLB's Opening Day: the Milwaukee Brewers vs. New York Yankees at 3:05 pm ET, and the Detroit Tigers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers at 7:10 pm. Below, we're outlining how to access ESPN without cable by signing up for Sling TV to livestream the first baseball games of 2025, and how to add MLB.TV to your Sling subscription to stream every out-of-market baseball game on Opening Day.

Sling TV is one of the most affordable cord-cutting options for accessing ESPN. The service offers three subscriptions with different channel lineups. We recommend the Sling Orange plan which starts at $45.99/month, since it includes ESPN. For a limited time, the streaming service is even offering its plans for 50% off in select areas, making the price as low as $23/month. Or, you can add MLB.TV to your Sling plan to get $30 off your first month. With MLB.TV, subscribers can livestream every out-of-market MLB baseball game this season.

Sling Orange

• Price: $45.99/month $23/month
• Device Availability: AirTV, Amazon Fire TV, Android, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Cox, Google Nest, iOS, LG TV, Roku, Samsung TV, TiVo, Vizio, Windows 10, Windows 11, Xbox, Xfinity
• Channel Lineup: A&E, AMC, AXS TV, BBC America, BET, Bloomberg Television, Cartoon Network, Charge!, CNN, Comedy Central, Comet, Disney Channel, ESPN, ESPN 4K, ESPN2, ESPN3, Food Network, Freeform, Fuse, HGTV, History Channel, IFC, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime, Local Now, MGM+ Drive-In, MotorTrend, Nick Jr., QVC, TBS, TNT, Travel Channel, Vice

If you want access to local channels in addition to ESPN to watch MLB Opening Day games, you can sign up for Sling Orange + Blue. The combination plan includes all the Sling Orange channels, plus additional channels such as local ABC, Fox and NBC in eligible markets. The Sling Orange + Blue plan starts at $65.99/month, and is also on sale for 50% off in select markets. The combination plan can also be combined with MLB.TV to get $30 off your first month.

Sling Orange + Blue

• Price: $65.99/month $33/month
• Device Availability: AirTV, Amazon Fire TV, Android, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Cox, Google Nest, iOS, LG TV, Roku, Samsung TV, TiVo, Vizio, Windows 10, Windows 11, Xbox, Xfinity
• Channel Lineup: ABC, A&E, AMC, AXS TV, BBC America, BET, Bloomberg Television, Bravo, Cartoon Network, Charge!, CNN, Comedy Central, Comet, Discovery Channel, Disney Channel, E!, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, Food Network, Fox, Freeform, Fuse, Fox 4K, Fox News, Fox Sports 1, FX, HGTV, History Channel, HLN, IFC, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime, Local Now, MGM+ Drive-In, MotorTrend, MSNBC, National Geographic, NBC, NFL Network, Nick Jr., QVC, Syfy, TBS, TLC, TNT, Travel Channel, TruTV, USA, Vice

One week after the Japan-set double-header, the MLB is kicking off its 2025 season stateside starting Thursday, March 27. The Opening Night game will be broadcast on ESPN, in addition to the earlier Brewers vs. Yankees game on Thursday. For specific channels of other games, head here.

• Milwaukee Brewers vs. New York Yankees — 3:05 pm (ESPN)
• Baltimore Orioles vs. Toronto Blue Jays — 3:07 pm
• Philadelphia Phillies vs. Washington Nationals — 4:05 pm
• Boston Red Sox vs. Texas Rangers — 4:05 pm
• Cleveland Guardians vs. Kansas City Royals — 4:10 pm
• Atlanta Braves vs. San Diego Padres — 4:10 pm
• San Francisco Giants vs. Cincinnati Reds — 4:10 pm
• Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Miami Marlins — 4:10 pm
• Los Angeles Angels vs. Chicago White Sox — 4:10 pm
• New York Mets vs. Houston Astros — 4:10 pm
• Minnesota Twins vs. St. Louis Cardinals — 4:15 pm
• Detroit Tigers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers — 7:10 pm (ESPN)
• Athletics vs. Seattle Mariners — 10:10 pm
• Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks — 10:10 pm

• Colorado Rockies vs. Tampa Bay Rays — 4:10 pm