The Cleveland Guardians and Kansas City Royals close out their three-game series today. Tanner Bibee will start for the hosts, while the Royals counter with Daniel Lynch IV.
The game is just about to start, at 1:10 p.m. ET, and will be televised locally on Bally Sports Kansas City (Royals markets) and Bally Sports Great Lakes (Guardians markets), and everywhere else on MLB Network (or MLB Network Alternate depending on your location). Fortunately, if you don’t have cable and you want to stream MLB games, you can watch a live stream of the Royals vs Guardians via one of the following options.
Sling TV doesn’t carry local sports networks, so if you’re in an area where you want to watch the game on Bally Sports, you’ll need to check out the next section. However, we’re listing Sling here first because it’s the cheapest live-TV streaming service with MLB Network, and it’s the only streaming service that has the MLB Network Alternate channel.
In order to get MLB Network and the MLB Network Alternate channel, you’ll need the “Sports Extra” add-on, which can be included with either the “Sling Orange” or “Sling Blue” base channel package.
Whichever one you choose, it doesn’t come with a free trial but is currently on sale for just $31 for your first month, which makes it by far the most cost effective live-TV streaming service with MLB Network. If you go with the “Sling Orange” option, you can also stream the NBA playoffs and stream the NHL playoffs.
Fubo (“Pro” plus “Sports Lite” bundle to watch the game) and DirecTV Stream (“Choice” package or above) may be more expensive long-term options than Sling, but they both come with a free trial–seven days for Fubo, and five for DirecTV Stream.
Moreover, both include MLB Network and the Bally Sports regional networks in local markets, making them the only streaming services to offer those channels. As such, if you live in the Guardians or Royals markets, and if the game is blacked out on MLB Network in your area, then Fubo and DirecTV Stream are the only ways you can watch a live stream of the game without a cable subscription.
All of the streaming services we just mentioned are US-only, but you can get around that issue if you use a virtual private network (VPN). By using a VPN, you can hide your location and connect to a digital server in the United States, allowing you to access US-only content even if you’re abroad.
NordVPN is our top choice–it’s reliable, fast and has a bunch of really nice features. It comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee, allowing you to try it out risk-free, or you can check out our list of the best VPN services or best VPN deals for some other choices.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.