KANSAS CITY -- A new way to watch Royals baseball is here.
The Royals announced Monday that their games will be produced and distributed by Major League Baseball on Royals.TV for the 2026 season. It was a move that was hinted at by president of business operations Cullen Maxey this past weekend at Royals Rally after the club terminated its contract with Main Street Sports Group, the parent company of FanDuel Sports Kansas City, last month.
Now, Kansas City games will be available on cable and satellite, as well as the MLB app. The MLB app is available to stream on a variety of devices. The Royals are one of a growing group of teams to have an MLB-distributed broadcast.
Fans who live inside the Royals' home television territory can purchase a Royals.TV in-market streaming package through MLB.com or the MLB app for $19.99 per month or $99.99 per year. Subscriptions for the 2026 season will be available later this month.
The in-market streaming package will not have any blackout restrictions for Royals games. However, it’s important to note that Royals.TV subscribers who travel outside the Royals' home territory are still subject to other teams’ blackout restrictions. For example, if a Royals.TV subscriber travels to New York, a Royals vs. Mets game would be blacked out. It wouldn’t be blacked out if that subscriber was located in Kansas City home territory. The only games not available on Royals.TV for in-market subscribers will be national exclusives.
Fans who watched Royals games on FanDuel Sports Kansas City through a cable or satellite provider can continue to do so this season. Specific cable and satellite distributors and exact channel locations will be announced closer to the start of the regular season. The team said it expects channels to be located near other sports programming on channel guides.
The Royals also again expect select games this season to be broadcast as an over-the-air option, the second consecutive year that a handful of games will air on KCTV (Channel 5). Last year, 10 games were broadcast over the air. One of these games in 2026 will be Opening Day on March 27 against the Braves.
Out-of-market fans can watch Royals games with an MLB.TV subscription for $149.99 per year. This package is designated as an out-of-market package for fans who live outside of their team’s home territory. If you are a Royals fan living in Royals territory, you won’t be able to watch Kansas City games with a standard MLB.TV package -- you must have a Royals.TV subscription.
Royals games will continue to be called by play-by-play announcers Ryan Lefebvre and Jake Eisenberg, with Rex Hudler and Jeremy Guthrie as analysts and Joel Goldberg and Jeff Montgomery on pre- and post-game coverage.
Here is a full FAQ about this year’s broadcast plan.