MLB live stream: How to watch DAZN's new baseball show, price, sign up, hosts

Thomas Schlarp

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The 2019 MLB season is in full swing, and that means a bounty of baseball games from March through October.

There are many ways to watch and stream MLB games live on TV or online this year, including a brand new live look-in highlights show by DAZN called "ChangeUp," hosted by Adnan Virk. Find out more below about the streaming service's entry into baseball and all the ways to watch in 2019.

Watch ChangeUp, a new MLB live whip-around show on DAZN

How to live stream MLB games

Despite the thousands of games available for fans to watch during an MLB season, it can be fairly difficult to watch a live broadcast of a game if a viewer is not in that team's television market. But the new option on the scene for 2019 is DAZN's "ChangeUp," a live look-in whiparound show hosted by Adnan Virk.

While the streaming platform doesn't carry MLB games in their entirety, "ChangeUp" is targeting baseball fans who want to keep up with action from every game at once, showing highlights, live at-bats, analysis, interviews and more. You can subscribe to DAZN here for a monthly rate of $19.99. It also offers a yearlong package for $99.99.

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For national broadcasts during the regular season, ESPN will to air a game every Sunday as part of its Sunday Night Baseball telecast. These and any other games ESPN airs can be streamed live via the WatchESPN app

Most others fall into regional sports networks, with the majority being owned by Fox Sports properties. All games on Fox Sports are streamed live on the FoxSportsGo app but are only available if the viewer streams the game in the required region. MLB.tv offers a premium 'At Bat' app that streams up to 90 games a week with a paid subscription, but local TV markets are subject to MLB's blackout policy.

What is DAZN?

DAZN is a sports streaming service that provides fans with access to events, both live and on demand. Since launching in 2016, DAZN has become the largest global sports streaming platform in the world with service available in the United States, Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Japan and Brazil.

A new subscriber can sign up for a monthly subscription or annual pass. The annual pass — which includes access to all of DAZN’s live events, as well as highlights, replays, behind-the-scenes features, original shows and live reports — is $99.99, which averages out to a little over $8 a month. For those who want a monthly-plan instead of the longer-term value, baseball fans can sign up for a monthly option for $19.99.

Sign up to watch ChangeUp, a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN

What is DAZN's new MLB show?

"ChangeUp" is a seven-day-a-week live MLB whip-around program providing live look-ins to any games in progress while recapping all of the action from the day. "ChangeUp" will regularly air on weekdays beginning at 7 p.m. ET and conclude after the final pitch of the evening. Weekday programming will be hosted by former ESPN personality Adnan Virk and HQ host Scott Rogowsky. The pair will be joined by a rotating cast of Lauren Gardner, Tony Luftman and Alfredo “Freddy” Lomeli in studio.

Anchoring the weekend edition of ChangeUp, airing every Saturday and Sunday from 10 p.m. to midnight ET, will be Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman of the popular social media duo known as Cespedes Family BBQ.

Throughout the week the show will feature appearances from a number of MLB Network's roster of analysts including Eric Byrnes, Cliff Floyd, Carlos Peña, Harold Reynolds and Hall of Famer John Smoltz. ChangeUp wil be produced at MLB Network’s studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.

How much does DAZN cost?

DAZN subscribers have two options when paying for the streaming service. A monthly subscription of $19.99 grants access to all of DAZN’s live events, as well as highlights, replays, behind-the-scenes features, original shows and live news reports. Subscribers are free to cancel at any time with no additional fees.

A yearly subscription is available for $99.99, which breaks down to a little more than $8 a month. By comparison, a year-long subscription to MLB.TV costs $118.99 or is available at a monthly rate of $24.99.

Sign up to watch ChangeUp, a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN

What other sports are on DAZN?

In the U.S., DAZN offers fight fans live boxing and MMA events in addition to the MLB show "ChangeUp." DAZN Group has deals with Matchroom Boxing USA to exclusively live stream 32 fights per year, including heavyweight star Anthony Joshua, and with Bellator to live stream 22 events per year. DAZN also live streams the World Boxing Super Series' 15 fight nights each year, featuring a total of 21 bouts across the three knockout tournaments.

DAZN is additionally the home for two of the world's best middleweight boxers in Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin. Alvarez signed an exclusive 11-fight, $365 million contract with DAZN in October of 2018, while Golovkin signed a six-fight deal with DAZN in March 2019. In addition to the fights, DAZN subscribers have access to content including fight replays, behind-the-scenes features, original shows and live news reports. 

In Canada, sports fans can watch every NFL game plus NFL RedZone, MLS, Champions League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, PGA Tour events, WTA Tennis and more.

Globally, DAZN has various regional rights to NFL, MLB, NBA, MLS and major European soccer, in addition to other competitions, and provides access to thousands of game events each year.

Where can I stream DAZN online?

DAZN’s live sports streaming service is available on a variety of platforms, including Roku, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, iOS, Android, Xbox One, Playstation 4 and Playstation 3, as well as Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari browsers via DAZN.com.

Here is a full list of the devices where DAZN is available:

Mobile Devices TV & Streaming Devices Game Consoles
iPhone, iPad Amazon Fire TV Playstation 3
Android phones, tables Amazon Fire TV Stick Playstation 4, Pro
Amazon Fire tablet Android TV XBox One, One S
.. Apple TV XBox One X
.. Google Chromecast ..
.. LG Smart TV, Smartcast ..
.. Panasonic Smart TV ..
.. Samsung Smart TV ..
.. Sony Smart TV ..

Thomas Schlarp