The never-ending saga of the Rangers’ local TV rights has moved on a little further.

Officially, they won’t be coming back to the parent company of Bally Sports Southwest or whatever it becomes if it exists in 2025. Where they will end up remains uncertain.

In a news release Tuesday afternoon, Major League Baseball announced that three more clubs will leave Diamond Sports, which operated a number of regional sports networks before Ch. 11 bankruptcy and a reorganization. MLB will take over production of the Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins games through 2025.

It brings the total of MLB-produced broadcasts to six local TV networks with individual brands. MLB already produced games for San Diego, Arizona and Colorado.

“As the media landscape continues to evolve, Major League Baseball is committed to serving our fans by ensuring they can see their favorite clubs, eliminating blackouts where possible and ultimately expanding the reach of our games,” said Noah Garden, MLB deputy commissioner. , Business and media. “We are proud to bring Guardians, Brewers and Twins games to their passionate fan bases with the same high-quality production we demonstrated in Arizona, Colorado and San Diego.”

According to the release, the Rangers “have decided they will no longer partner with Diamond Sports Group and are considering their local media options for the 2025 season.”

As far as the Rangers are concerned, Tuesday’s developments are not a very significant or surprising turn of events. Two Rangers officials with knowledge of the club’s negotiations had confirmed this The Dallas Morning News more than two weeks ago that the club was pursuing the idea of ​​creating its own Regional Sports Network. Owning your own RSN would potentially be more lucrative than handing over production to MLB.

The announcement doesn’t close the door on the possibility of the Rangers eventually landing on an MLB-produced product, but the release made it clear that the Rangers were pursuing their own opportunities.

However, creating an RSN and negotiating carriage agreements is a multi-layered issue and the Rangers have no final agreements on anything. The hope would be to include both linear (cable/satellite) and direct-to-consumer (streaming) options for fans in a new RSN. Additionally, the Rangers could potentially strike a deal with local TV stations in their territory for a limited package of over-the-air broadcasts.

In addition to acknowledging the statement in the MLB release, Rangers officials declined to comment on the situation on Tuesday.

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