Yahoo Sports and Apple TV Team Up to Deliver Live MLB and MLS Alternate Broadcasts

Key Takeaways

• Yahoo Sports is teaming up with Apple TV¹ to deliver alternate broadcasts of "Friday Night Baseball" and Major League Soccer games this season.
• Yahoo Sports experts Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman (Baseball Bar-B-Cast) and Alexis Guerreros and Christian Polanco (The Cooligans) will host the "Friday Night Baseball" and MLS altcasts, respectively, with Mintz and Shusterman calling a two-inning baseball altcast and Guerreros and Polanco covering the full MLS match streams.
• The altcasts will stream across the Yahoo Sports website and app, with MLS streams featuring unique camera angles provided by Apple TV.

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Between games, fans turn to Yahoo Sports shows Baseball Bar-B-Cast and The Cooligans for analysis from baseball analysts Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman and soccer analysts Alexis Guerreros and Christian Polanco. Now, those familiar voices can be heard during live broadcasts, bringing an added layer of analysis and perspective to the game as it unfolds.

Yahoo Sports and Apple TV are teaming up to deliver alternate broadcasts of live "Friday Night Baseball" and Major League Soccer games. With Yahoo Sports experts on the call, these altcasts will stream across the Yahoo Sports website and app and feature unique camera angles provided by Apple TV.

"We're thrilled to pair our expert voices with Apple TV's live coverage to give fans on Yahoo a fun new way to watch 'Friday Night Baseball' and MLS action," said Jarrod Schwarz, General Manager, Yahoo Sports. "These broadcasts will feature the insight, personality, and chemistry that make Baseball Bar-B-Cast and The Cooligans so popular, and we can't wait to see that energy show up during some of the season's biggest games."

"Friday Night Baseball" on Apple TV live on Yahoo

Baseball Bar-B-Cast hosts Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman will broadcast the first two innings of a pair of games from the "Friday Night Baseball" on Apple TV package, both of which have playoff implications:

• Friday, Sept. 4: Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians
• Friday, Sept. 18: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets

The Yahoo Sports senior MLB writers will also host pre-game shows for each contest. All video for the Yahoo Sports streams will originate from the main Apple TV broadcast feed. Following the conclusion of the two-inning altcast, Apple TV subscribers can continue watching the full game on Apple TV.

MLS on Apple TV live on Yahoo

The Cooligans duo of Alexis Guerreros and Christian Polanco will be on the call for a pair of significant MLS tilts:

• Wednesday, Sept. 16: 2026 Michelob ULTRA Campeones Cup, featuring reigning MLS Cup champion Inter Miami CF pitted against defending Liga MX champion Cruz Azul
• Wednesday, Oct. 28: Inter Miami CF vs FC Cincinnati

Each MLS altcast will include pregame coverage and the full match. The altcast will showcase a range of camera angles provided by Apple TV and MLS Productions, from the main broadcast feed to distinctive perspectives-including a referee cam and dedicated feed shot entirely on iPhone.

The Yahoo Sports altcasts will also serve to help educate fans on how to watch Apple TV's "Friday Night Baseball" and MLS broadcasts. Each stream will feature a direct link to the Apple TV app, where fans can subscribe to watch the main broadcast of the featured altcast matchups along with the platform's full slate of games. In addition, Yahoo Sports will promote Apple TV's exclusive "Friday Night Baseball" broadcasts and global coverage of MLS through on-site advertising, email marketing, social promotion, "how to watch" articles, Daily Draw games and more.

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^{1 To watch "Friday Night Baseball" and MLS on Apple TV, viewers are required to have an Apple TV subscription. An Apple TV subscription does not include third-party branded subscription services, or content available for rental or purchase in the Apple TV app.}

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