How to watch the Atlanta Braves in 2025: Schedule, broadcast info and blackout rules
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The Braves have been a national staple for a while now. They minted a brand off their late-90s runs that still holds up. The lineup is loaded with star names — and that's before the returns of 2023 NL MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. and Cy Young hopeful Spencer Strider. And the A-Town logo will forever be a cultural landmark.
As a result, the 162-game schedule gets a bit wonky. Some of the bigger Braves matchups get shifted for national audiences; others require specific apps or cable carriers. It's exceedingly frustrating to navigate all the back-and-forth and keep track of three-letter broadcast acronyms, so here's our best effort to lay out everything for convenience and cost.
Without cable, Fubo has the most games covered this season. Anything on FanDuel Sports Network, ESPN, Fox, or MLB Network can be streamed here, but TBS cannot.
What you need to watch these games: The 'pro' plan starts at $84.99 per month, with an extra charge for 4K ultra-HD. For access to more games, there is the MLB.TV add-on, which streams every out-of-market game for $29.99 a month, and Sports Lite, which includes the MLB Network, NBA TV and the Tennis Channel for $9.99 a month.
The Braves are among many MLB clubs with their regional sports network (RSN) in the FanDuel conglomerate (formerly known as Bally Sports). Longtime fan Brandon Gaudin does play-by-play. He grew up imitating the old Braves voice of Skip Caray, and he's perhaps best known nationally for doing the Madden video games. No solitary moment is safe from sophomoric strays: Gaudin certainly likes to laugh on air, as do former players Tom Glavine and Jeff Francoeur.
Most games are available on FanDuel South and Southeast. RSNs don't cover the national TV matchups. They get blacked out on the Apple TV exclusives, but not on MLB Network or the Roku 'Sunday Leadoff.'
What you need to watch these games: Fubo, DirecTV Stream (starting $80-90 monthly), Amazon Prime (FDSN add-on at $20/month), FanDuel Sports Network app ($20/month or starting at $106 annually)
What you need to watch these games: A carrier that has FanDuel Sports Network:
MLB Network airs almost 300 local broadcasts for national audiences, so out-of-towners will find some FanDuel Sports Network games there. MLB Network also offers 26 unique, produced-in-house 'showcase' games not subject to local blackouts.
The MLB.TV package has every game except the ones on national TV and in-market RSNs, which are determined by zip code. As long as you're not in the Braves' region, you'll have access to all the local broadcasts for a one-time cost of $150. Fubo has an MLB.TV add-on for $29.99 a month.
What you need to watch these games: MLB Network for select games / MLB.TV for all of them
The league has partnered with ESPN since 1990; that ends this fall. Yup, the purveyors of the iconic music are indeed opting out of their remaining baseball broadcasts. For this season, you'll still find select primetime Braves games. Karl Ravech and Jon Sciambi are usually on the mic. Think Sundays, especially 'Sunday Night Baseball.' The first-half schedule lists Atlanta on ESPN once: Sunday, May 4, versus the Dodgers. These games can also be streamed on ESPN+.
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Fox is where you'll hear Joe Davis or Adam Amin on the call, plus former Braves pitcher John Smoltz. Fox often has a Saturday spot. Right now, the Braves are scheduled for two May matchups on Fox: Saturday, May 3, against Los Angeles and Saturday, May 17, at Boston.
This is the Tuesday action. Brian Anderson does the 'TBS Tuesday' games; Pedro Martínez, Curtis Granderson and other former players appear on their studio show. TBS broadcasts can also be streamed on Max. Brian Snitker's squad will be on TBS on April 8 and May 27 (both against Philadelphia).
The purple metropolis now has 'MLB Sunday Leadoff' games free from blackout restrictions.
Atlanta has two interleague draws on Apple TV this spring: April 18 with the Twins and May 30 with the Red Sox.
In general, think Apple TV on Friday, Fox on Saturday, ESPN on Sunday, with those games frustratingly blacked out for local viewers.
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