Major League Baseball on Wednesday pushed a bankrupt sports broadcaster to cancel or clearly commit to five teams' TV broadcast contracts, saying the teams can't plan for the 2024 season without clarity on their TV contracts, Reuters reported. MLB asked a U.S. bankruptcy judge in Houston, Texas to force Diamond Sports Group to make a clear decision on whether it will broadcast 2024 games for the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers and Texas Rangers. MLB asked the court to compel a contract decision late Wednesday, along with a separate filing opposing Diamond's request for more time to file a restructuring plan with the court. MLB warned that the league could find itself scrambling to broadcast games for multiple teams next year, as it did this year for the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres. "At the moment, MLB and the Clubs can only guess which Clubs the Debtors may continue to support and which may be left without a telecast partner," MLB said.
