How to Watch Apple’s MLB ‘Friday Night Baseball’ Livestreams for Free

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorApple is stepping up to the plate with its first live sports broadcasts Friday, set to debut “Friday Night Baseball” on Apple TV Plus — and, for a limited time, the MLB livestreams will be free for anyone in the U.S.

and eight other countries.The games on Apple TV Plus — which will be about 50 per season — are available to anyone with internet access, for free for a limited time without the need for a subscription to the streaming service (regularly $4.99/month). “Friday Night Baseball” will be available on devices where Apple TV Plus is available, including on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV 4K and HD, and on tv.apple.com, along with smart TVs, gaming consoles and select cable set-top boxes.

Produced by MLB Network in partnership with Apple, “Friday Night Baseball” will be available on Apple TV Plus in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, and the U.K.; the tech giant says it will expand the MLB livestreams to other countries in the future.Apple announced the deal with MLB to exclusively offer the Friday games last month, coming after ESPN dropped broadcast rights to weekday baseball games.Here’s how to watch “Friday Night Baseball” on the Apple TV app:Apple noted that pause, fast forward, rewind and other playback controls aren’t available with “Friday Night Baseball.”Ahead of the first doubleheader on April 8, Apple announced the lineup of broadcasters and production enhancements for “Friday Night Baseball.”The broadcast team of Melanie Newman (play-by-play), Chris Young (analyst), Hannah Keyser (analyst) and Brooke Fletcher (reporter) will call the New York Mets at the Washington Nationals game (starting at 7 p.m.