New York Yankees fans will once again need their own personal assistant to keep track of where to watch the team’s games this season. On Wednesday, Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service announced that it will be the exclusive home to 21 Yankees games during the regular season. Prime Video has aired a package of 21 Yankees games each season since 2021, when it purchased the rights to games that previously aired on the local over-the-air channel Pix 11. Similar to last year, 18 of the 21 matchups will air on Wednesday evenings, available to all Prime Video subscribers within the Yankees’ local media footprint at no additional cost.
Unfortunately for Yankees fans, tracking where games will be aired continues to be a challenge. The defending American League champions will feature games exclusively on YES Network, Prime Video, ESPN, Fox, FS1, Roku, and, potentially, Apple TV (although their official schedule for the season has yet to be released). As in previous years, Prime Video will utilize the YES Network broadcast crew, with the announcement stating:
The YES Network’s Emmy Award-winning broadcast team, in collaboration with Prime Video, will return to produce and call the action for all 21 Prime Video games. Prime Video’s 30-minute pregame show will also return, with YES’ Meredith Marakovits hosting the pre-game show for home games, providing a complete preview of the upcoming action, breaking down marquee matchups and star attractions, alongside key insights and stats. YES’ Bob Lorenz will host pre-game shows for the away games on Prime Video, with Marakovits offering on-site reporting and live interviews from the field.
Returning this season for Prime Video’s Yankees in-game coverage will be YES Network play-by-play broadcaster Michael Kay, now in his 34th year as the voice of the storied American League franchise. He will be joined in the booth by YES analysts David Cone, Paul O’Neill, Joe Girardi, John Flaherty, and Jeff Nelson.
While it may be difficult to empathize with Yankees fans, they certainly face unique challenges when it comes to finding where to watch their games.
