TNT Sports to Be Exclusive Home of 2024 ALDS & ALCS

ALDS to Begin Saturday, Oct. 5 — Game 1 of Tigers vs. Guardians & Royals vs. Yankees — Simulcast on TBS & Max

Host Lauren Shehadi with Analysts Dusty Baker, Pedro Martinez, Curtis Granderson & Jimmy Rollins to Provide Studio Coverage throughout ALDS & ALCS

MLB DataCast on truTV & Max throughout ALCS to Be Ultimate Analytics-Driven Alternative Viewing Experience, Featuring Host JP Morosi, Analyst Dexter Fowler & Stats Analyst Mike Petriello

WEBWIRE – Friday, October 4, 2024

TNT Sports will be the exclusive home of the 2024 American League Division Series presented by Booking.com and the American League Championship Series presented by loanDepot, simulcast on TBS, truTV and Max, with coverage of both best-of-five ALDS series beginning Saturday, October 5.

José Ramírez and the Cleveland Guardians will host Riley Green the red-hot Detroit Tigers at 1 p.m. ET in an AL Central clash. Brian Anderson and Jeff Francoeur will be on the call for the series, alongside reporter Lauren Jbara.

Later at 6:30 p.m., superstar shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and the Kansas City Royals will travel to the Bronx to take on Aaron Judge and the AL-best New York Yankees for Game 1 in a battle of 2024 AL MVP favorites. Bob Costas and Ron Darling will provide commentary for the series, with reporter JP Morosi.

TNT Sports’ 18th consecutive season of MLB Postseason coverage will begin with MLB Leadoff pregame coverage at 12 p.m., featuring host Lauren Shehadi alongside two-time World Series Champion Dusty Baker, Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez, 2007 NL MVP Jimmy Rollins and 16-year MLB veteran Curtis Granderson. The studio team will return after the final out to wrap up the day’s live game action with MLB Postseason Edition of The Closer on TBS presented by Genesis Motor America.

2024 ALDS Games 2s through Game 4s, as well as pregame and postgame coverage, will also be simulcast on truTV. All TNT Sports ALDS and ALCS coverage will be available to stream on Max, as well as on the TBS or truTV apps on mobile, tablet and connected TV devices.

TNT Sports’ networks and platforms will exclusively televise the American League Championship Series (ALCS) presented by loanDepot, beginning Monday, Oct. 14, with Game 1 of the best-of-seven series. Shehadi will host studio coverage throughout the ALCS, with Baker, Martinez, Rollins and Granderson for MLB Leadoff and MLB Postseason Edition of The Closer on TBS presented by Genesis Motor America. The ALCS will be called by Anderson, Darling and Francoeur, with Jbara reporting.

TNT Sports will also feature MLB DataCast throughout the entire ALCS – an analytics-driven alternative broadcast experience on truTV and Max. The broadcast will partner with multiple dynamic data providers including StatCast, Inside Edge and Ross to take fans deeper inside the game of baseball, including individual player batting, fielding and pitching trends, analysis of player strengths and weaknesses, as well as real-time custom graphics and 3D renderings of the biggest moments of the series.

MLB DataCast will be hosted by MLB Network’s JP Morosi, alongside analyst Dexter Fowler and stats analyst Mike Petriello, and will be available during each game of the series.

2024 American League Division Series — Broadcast Schedule

Game 1 – Saturday, Oct. 5

TBS & Max

12 p.m. ET – MLB Leadoff*

Lauren Shehadi, Dusty Baker, Curtis Granderson, Pedro Martinez & Jimmy Rollins

1 p.m. – Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians*

Brian Anderson (play-by-play), Jeff Francoeur (analyst) & Lauren Jbara (reporter)

*(Simulcast on truTV)

6:30 p.m. – Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees

Bob Costas (play-by-play), Ron Darling (analyst) & JP Morosi (reporter)

Postgame – The Closer