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REPORTS: Cleveland Guardians To Remain On Bally Sports This Season

The Athletic's Evan Drellich and The Associated Press's Tom Withers reported that Cleveland has agreed to a deal with Diamond Sports Group for the 2024 season.
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REPORTS: Cleveland Guardians To Remain On Bally Sports This Season
REPORTS: Cleveland Guardians To Remain On Bally Sports This Season

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Earlier this offseason, the Cleveland Guardians’ local television broadcasting future was uncertain.

This uncertainty began shortly before the start of last season, when Diamond Sports Group, the parent company of Bally Sports, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last March.

But Cleveland now knows who will be broadcasting its locally televised games this season.

According to The Athletic Senior MLB Writer Evan Drellich, the Guardians will be broadcast by Bally Sports for the 2024 season.

A spokesperson from Diamond Sports Group issued this statement to The Athletic:

“We are pleased to have reached agreements with the Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers that work for all parties and enable us to continue delivering high-quality, live game broadcasts on Bally Sports to dedicated fans through the 2024 season.”

Additionally, The Associated Press’s Tom Withers reported that the team has confirmed that it has reached an agreement with Diamond Sports Group for this season, pending court approval.

This will mark Cleveland’s fourth consecutive season on Bally Sports, after first being broadcast on the platform in 2021. Last season, the team received $55 million from Diamond.

Diamond’s agreement with the Guardians comes just over two weeks after it formed a partnership with Amazon to stream local games on Prime Video for teams whose direct-to-consumer rights it owns. 

However, Cleveland will not have its games streamed on Prime Video because Diamond does not own its streaming rights.

The Guardians are scheduled to open their 2024 season on the road against the Oakland Athletics on Thursday, March 28 at 10:07 p.m.

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Logan Potosky
LOGAN POTOSKY

Logan Potosky is an aspiring play-by-play sports broadcaster who, to date, has called approximately 350+ hours of professional, college, and high school sporting events. He is currently the Play-by-Play Broadcaster for the Lake County Captains, the High-A Affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians. He graduated from John Carroll University in May of 2023 with a degree in Communication, with a concentration in Digital Media, and a minor in Entrepreneurship.

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