“Our new media rights agreements with ESPN, NBCUniversal and Netflix provide us with a great opportunity to expand our reach to fans through three powerful destinations for live sports, entertainment, and marquee events,” said Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr., in the release.

If you watched the thrilling seven-game World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays — the combined North American audience for Game 7 was an incredible 38.2 million viewers, so ...