A 35-year rights relationship now faces a very different media landscape. The post ESPN Faces Potential Exit from MLB Media Rights As Opt-Out Looms appeared first on Front Office Sports.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Major League Baseball is warning that it could walk away from ESPN if the network opts out of their national TV deal next month. After four decades of partnership, a new deal with ESPN would be unlikely following an opt out, a person briefed on the league’s thinking who was not authorized to speak publicly said Thursday.