MLB.TV is $17.99 to honor Deadline deals

Now that a historic Trade Deadline has passed in Major League Baseball, you are going to need MLB.TV to see what all of those moving parts look like on their new teams.

To make that easier, Major League Baseball Advanced Media just announced a limited-time offer of just $17.99 for the yearly subscription to watch live out-of-market games with MLB.TV Premium. That is in honor of the 18 Deadline-day deals we witnessed on Monday, the most in the Majors since at least 1995.

“It’s redefined the way to follow a game,” said Hall of Famer John Smoltz, who was helping the Braves to a World Series championship in that 1995 season and will be using his own MLB.TV Premium subscription to study all the new faces in new places to prepare for his MLB Network and FOX Sports analyst roles.

“I couldn’t do this at all if I wasn’t able to watch video,” Smoltz said. “I watch the [MLB.com At Bat] app to get ready for my games, just because it’s the only way I can catch up. The numbers are numbers. I can look up every number in the world. I can look up statistics that can tell the story. But when I get to see video, when I get to see actual footage — that’s a difference-maker for me.

“Just looking at it obviously gives me a much better chance than just saying, ‘He’s struggling on a 1-and-1 count,’ or a 2-0 count. Or, ‘He’s getting behind.’ Just being able to look at certain matchups and being watch a full game is one thing, but being able to catch up that way is a lot more important for what I do today.”

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