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AL playoff preview highlights MLB.TV slate
- Updated: August 19, 2016
A potential postseason preview is on tap for tonight’s games as the Blue Jays and Indians meet for a three-game weekend series at Progressive Field. If the postseason began today, Toronto and Cleveland would meet head-to-head in the American League Division Series. These first-place clubs split their first meeting, a four-game set at Rogers Centre.
This glimpse into a possible October matchup isn’t the only intriguing contest among the day’s 15-game slate. Rick Porcello returns to Detroit for the first time since joining the Red Sox, while Steven Matz and Johnny Cueto duel in the Bay Area.
The best place to catch all the action is MLB.TV.
MLB.TV Premium has the same features as last year, and is only $49.99 for the rest of the season. This package has the best value and provides access to more than 400 devices and a free subscription to the MLB.com At Bat Premium app (a $19.99 value). It offers the best picture quality ever — a new 60 frames per second — for supported devices. Monthly signups for MLB.TV Premium are $24.99.
The new MLB.TV Single Team package is also available as a $39.99 yearly subscription. You can watch a single team’s live out-of-market games in full HD.
Here’s what to watch for throughout the day (all times in ET):
Tribe hosts Jays in playoff preview: TOR@CLE, 7:10 p.m. The Indians will get their first look at new Blue Jays pitcher Francisco Liriano, who will start the opener. Liriano is seeking his first win with Toronto, looking to rebound from a tough start against the Astros in which he allowed five earned runs in 5 2/3 innings.
“I thought he threw better than the line would indicate,” Jays manager John Gibbons said after the game. “There were a lot of good things we liked. … They just squared a couple of balls up that were costly.”
For Cleveland, …
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