Facebook To Stream Exclusively Live Upcoming Mlb GamesByNitish Singh-March 12, 2018.138 Facebook won exclusive rights to stream 25 upcoming Mlb games. In addition to this, Facebook has also made deals with live stream sports events such as football table tennis and crossfit. Facebook recently secured a contract on 25 Mlb (Major League Baseball) games for the exclusive streaming rights. Now the social network was supposed to broadcast baseball games this year as they secured a similar deal in 2017, too. However they only got rights for 20 games last year and this time around the exclusivity aspect is a big deal. In the U.S. Facebook is the only location that will give viewers the chance to see the upcoming Mlb games starting from April 4, 2018. Viewers can see the games through the official Mlb live Facebook portal and some additional highlight reels as well as team-specific recaps will also be available. In addition, the rights also allow Facebook during live streaming to integrate social integrations and graphics. .139 Figure 1 Picture Courtesy of Marketing Land It is obvious from the turn of events that the 2017 Facebook-Mlb agreement has been a huge success. The social networking giant got the right to live stream 20 Mlb games every Friday night, as mentioned yesterday. Next time around the games will be mostly on Wednesdays during weekday afternoons. Overall 2018 began with a lot to Facebook’s favor. For a while now, they have been watching the chance to live stream sports events. The business has agreements with Mexican Football American table tennis and crossfit. Yet Major League Baseball is definitely the biggest deal out of the bunch. There are also rumors of the social networking giant making a massive $600 million bid to obtain an Indian cricket league rights but Fox won that round. Anyway, if you’re a U.S .- based Mlb fan, remember to log in to your April 4 Facebook account. The first game is set between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets.