MLB.TV price drops for postseason push

While Astros rookie infielder Alex Bregman is in Detroit for his first Major League road trip, his father, Sam, is back home in New Mexico preparing to defend a high-profile trial case, his mother, Jackie, is driving some of his belongings back from Corpus Christi, Texas, where he had spent some time earlier this season in Double-A before his much-anticipated callup and his younger brother, A.J., is in Lubbock to pitch in a Premier Baseball tournament.

Thankfully for the Bregmans, they have MLB.TV on multiple devices at 60 frames per second.

“It’s an obsession for the whole family,” Jackie said by phone while driving a rental car down to Corpus Christi on Thursday after everyone scattered following Alex’s debut series earlier this week in Houston. “It’s not just us, it’s his aunts, uncles, and we even got his 86-year-old grandfather [Joe DeOliveira] an iPad so he could watch the games on the At Bat app.

“We couldn’t live without it, because it is so important to us. … Major League Baseball is the gold standard” for sports technology.

Everyone has an important reason to get MLB.TV, and with July coming to a close, MLB Advanced Media announced on Friday that it has lowered yearly subscriptions to $49.99 for MLB.TV Premium and $39.99 for the MLB.TV Single Team package.

Maybe you want it for someone who is headed soon to a college campus. Maybe you want it to watch new faces in new places after the Trade Deadline deals. Maybe you want it to watch a top prospect who was just called up, as technology goes hand-in-hand with the constant infusion of new talent.

Bregman, the MLBpipeline.com No. 1 prospect and the No. 2 overall pick in the 2015 MLB …

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