The 2022 MLB Season is underway, and you don’t need cable to watch Baltimore Orioles games. This article explains how you can stream the next Orioles game and every Baltimore Orioles game this season, no matter where you live.
Watch Every Orioles Game This Season
Below indicates how to watch Orioles games this season based on where you live.
- Baltimore Orioles TV Market: Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, eastern and central North Carolina, West Virginia, south-central Pennsylvania, and Delaware
- Best Solution when inside their TV Market: Watch on MASN through the DIRECTV STREAM streaming service (sign up online)
- Best Solution when living Outside the Orioles TV Market: Watch nearly all Orioles games on MLB.TV.
What Channel Are The Orioles On
You can watch the Baltimore Orioles depending on whether or not you live inside the Baltimore Orioles TV market, which consists of Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, eastern and central North Carolina, West Virginia, south-central Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Please note that if the Orioles are playing on the Apple TV+ Friday Night Game or Peacock’s Sunday morning game, then those games will not appear on MASN.
Watching Orioles Games In Market
If you live in the Orioles TV market, you can watch the Orioles on MASN, the Orioles regional sports network. If you live in the Orioles broadcast areas, you can watch their regional sports network without cable on the following streaming services.
DIRECTV STREAM is a live streaming service that carries MASN for those living in the Orioles broadcast region. However, you have to subscribe to their “Choice” package for $89.99 per month. You can sign up online. They don’t force you into a contract, and you can cancel at any time. DIRECTV STREAM also carries Fox, ESPN, MLB Network, TBS, and FS1, which are all the networks that air nationally televised MLB games.
DIRECTV STREAM Choice Deal: After a 5-day free trial, HBO Max, SHOWTIME, STARZ, EPIX, and Cinemax are included for your first three months with the CHOICE plan. You also get your first 2 months of the DIRECTV STREAM Choice plan at $69.99 per month. After your first two months the $89.99 is. You can sign up on the DIRECTV STREAM website. There is no long term contract and you can can cancel at any time.
The service also includes a cloud DVR service and allows you to stream to 20 devices simultaneously. DIRECTV STREAM is supported on Apple TV, Chromecast, Fire TV, iOS, Android, Roku, and more. See our review of DIRECTV STREAM for more details on this streaming service.
Watching Orioles Games Outside their TV Market
If you don’t live in the Orioles TV market, you can watch the Orioles through the MLB.TV streaming. With MLB.TV you can watch every game, for every team, all season long. With MLB.TV, you can watch Orioles games on Roku, Apple TV, Smart Devices, and more. You can watch Orioles games live or on-demand. Here is a list of MLB.TV features:
- Chose to watch both the home and away broadcast.
- Live Game DVR Controls
- Full Game Archives
- Customized Fantasy Player Tracker
- Clickable line scores
- A Pitch by Pitch Widget, that tracks speed, location, and pitch type
MLB.TV costs $129.99 for the year to have access to every game for every team. The “all-teams plan” has a free trial and provides a monthly pricing option. You can also opt to watch Orioles games through the MLB.TV single-team plan for $109.99 for the year. You can check out their subscription packages at MLB.TV.
Please note that MLB.TV does have blackout rules for games where a team is playing in the market you reside. For example, if the Orioles are playing the Yankees and you live in the New York area, that game will be blacked out on MLB.TV. You can check your zip code here to see which team’s games are under a blackout in your area. Nationally televised games will also be blacked out. The list below provides a general description of whether a game is going to be under a blackout:
- Home and Away games of the designated team if you live within their blackout territory
- Games that broadcast nationally such as the Apple TV+ games, ESPN Sunday game or Fox Saturday game
- Play in games (Playoff tie-breakers)
- Post Season Games, but there is a way around it
Pro Tip: Try This Blackout Workaround to watch the games you want to watch and get around the black-out.
Watching Nationally Televised Orioles Games
Nationally televised MLB games air on Fox, TBS, Peacock, Apple TV+, ESPN, MLB Network, and FS1. A handful of Orioles games will air nationally this season on one or more of those networks. You can check here for the MLB’s national TV schedule. You can watch nationally televised games using MLB.TV with this blackout workaround. You can also watch nationally televised games using one of the streaming services listed below.
DIRECTV STREAM
Through the DIRECTV STREAM “Choice” package for $89.99 per month, you can watch nationally televised MLB games on Fox, ESPN, MLB Network, TBS and FS1. You can sign up online, and you can cancel at any time. The service also includes a cloud DVR service and allows you to stream to 20 devices simultaneously. DIRECTV STREAM is supported on Apple TV, Chromecast, Fire TV, iOS, Android, Roku, and more. See our review of DIRECTV STREAM for more details on this streaming service.
fuboTV
FuboTV carries the local Fox channel in some parts of the country along with MLB Network, ESPN and FS1 for watching nationally televised games.
They offer a fuboTV subscription. After the trial, its basic package costs $69.99. The FuboTV app is available on major platforms, including Apple TV, AndroidTV, Roku, and Amazon FireTV. Check out our review of FuboTV for more details.
YouTube TV
YouTube TV cost $64.99/month per month and includes a DVR. YouTube TV carries the local Fox channel in most parts of the country. They also provide access to ESPN, TBS, MLB Network, and FS1 for watching nationally televised games.
YouTube TV supports Android, iOS, Apple TV, Fire TV, Chromecast, and more. The YouTube TV app has also returned to Roku devices after settling a dispute between the two companies. Please read our review of YouTube TV for more details.
Hulu + Live TV
Hulu carries the local Fox channel in most parts of the country, along with ESPN, TBS and FS1 for watching nationally televised games.
Hulu Live TV will cost you $69.99 per month. However, that includes access to Hulu’s on-demand streaming library, a cloud DVR, and more. To see what channels are available through Hulu Live TV in your area, check out the tool: Channels Available by Zip Code
Hulu is supported on Roku, Fire TV Devices, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, iOS, Android, and more. For more information on this service, please check out Hulu Live TV review.
Sling TV
Sling carries, carries ESPN, MLB Network, TBS and FS1 for watching nationally televised games. Sling TV also carries the local FOX channel in the following markets: New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, DC, Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Los Angeles, San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, Detroit, Atlanta, Houston, Orlando/Daytona/Melbourne, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Gainesville, Austin, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Phoenix, and Seattle
You can sign up and see if this solution will work for you.
Sling TV is supported on Windows and Mac PCs and laptops, Android and iOS devices, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Nexus player, Xbox One, 4th Generation Apple TV, Chromecast, and more.
The service also includes a cloud DVR along with other great features. For details on Slings service offerings and the difference between them, check out my Sling TV review.
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