"With Major League Baseball confirming the Nationals would remain on MASN only through the 2025 season, the door officially opened for the franchise to negotiate new local television rights beginning in 2026. This development ended a prolonged legal and financial dispute that had shaped how Nationals baseball had been delivered to fans across Maryland, Washington D.C., and the surrounding region since the team's relocation from Montreal in 2005."
"In a decision years in the making, MLB confirmed that the Washington Nationals would remain on MASN only through the conclusion of the 2025 season. After that, the franchise will have the freedom to negotiate new local television rights, and as we now know through the news broken by TalkNats on January 2nd that the team will join the MLB RSN package as the 7th team to go this route."
The Nationals will remain on MASN through the 2025 season, after which the franchise gains the right to negotiate new local television agreements beginning in 2026. The change resolves a long-standing legal and financial dispute rooted in the team’s relocation from Montreal in 2005 and the Orioles’ majority control of MASN. The Nationals will join the MLB RSN package as the seventh team to do so, altering local broadcast arrangements. The shift will affect game access, streaming options, local coverage, fan engagement across Maryland and D.C., and related activities like following lines and player props through betting apps.
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