Cleveland Guardians fans, who've been stuck watching games on traditional broadcast avenues or dodging blackout restrictions, can finally cheer for their team's pivot to the modern age. The team, in partnership with Major League Baseball, is rolling out a new direct-to-consumer streaming service for the 2025 baseball season. CLEGuardians.TV is promising a local blackout-free experience for around 150 games, a sigh of relief for cord-cutting aficionados, and a strategic play in the ever-evolving media landscape.

In terms of pricing, the Guardians are offering fans two ways to subscribe: either fork over $99.99 for the whole season or go with the $19.99 monthly plan, as WKYC reported. This is part of a tech-forward push that includes new in-stadium cameras and a peek behind the curtain at MLB's Replay Operations Center. The move comes after Bally Sports cut ties amid bankruptcy, leaving the Guardians and other teams searching for a new way to connect with their audience.

For game day coverage, the Guardians are bringing back their familiar broadcasting trifecta of Matt Underwood, Rick Manning, and Andre Knott, now entering their 11th consecutive year behind the mic together. They'll navigated through pregame and postgame programming, adjusting to include road postgame shows this year. Al Pawlowski will lead the pre and postgame shows, joined by a roster of personalities like former players Chris Gimenez, Cody Allen, and Nick Goody, to name a few—one of the many details shared by Cleveland.com.

While the Guardians' cable TV home for the 2025 season is still up in the air, with MLB negotiations ongoing, what's very much grounded is their confidence in this digital move. In a press release mentioned by the team, the streaming option is set to reach "235% more households than they did last year," as told by Cleveland.com. When it comes to embracing tech and expanding reach, the Guardians are batting, well, rather ambitiously. And for those eager to sign up, CLEGuardians.TV went live for subscriptions this past Tuesday.