MLB’s proposed 154-game season would carve out new Monday TV window
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MLB wants to play fewer games in the summer so it can sell more of them in October.
The league made a series of scheduling proposals to the MLB Players Association on Thursday as part of collective bargaining talks. Starting in 2029, MLB wants to cut the regular season from 162 games to 154, a length baseball last used in the early 1960s, and expand the Division Series from best-of-five to best-of-seven. MLB says the shorter schedule would create a standard weekly off day for players, and the longer Division Series would add up to eight postseason games a year. Beginning in 2027, higher seeds in the Wild Card Series and Division Series would also pick their opponents.
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MLB has proposed returning to a 154-game Regular Season, best-of-seven Division Series, and opponent selection in the Wild Card and Division Series
Starting in 2029, shortening the season to a 154-game schedule would create a standard weekly off day benefiting player health, and it would allow the addition of up to 8 more Postseason games by moving to a best-of-seven Division Series format
Beginning in 2027, higher-seeded clubs in the Wild Card and Division Series would select their opponents
— MLB (@MLB) October 8, 2026
Under the 154-game schedule, Monday would be an off day across the league, except for one or two games that could air in a new, exclusive national broadcast window. Teams that play on a Monday would be off that Thursday instead. National holidays and select special-event games would not be affected. Right now, the closest thing baseball has to that kind of exclusive window is NBC’s Sunday Night Baseball, a 25-game package, along with a July 5 roadblock when every game airs on NBC or Peacock. A Monday night window could become another package MLB shops when its national deals expire after 2028.
From MLB’s scheduling proposal released today: “The 154-game schedule would include a scheduled off-day every Monday, with the exception of one or two games that could be broadcast in a new, exclusive national broadcast window.” https://t.co/FhQ78HfLb9
— Sports TV News & Updates (@TVSportsUpdates) October 8, 2026
The MLBPA said in a statement after Thursday’s session that players would review the proposals, including the playoff changes, and respond at the bargaining table. The union also said MLB had attached a condition to all of them.
“Unfortunately, the league once again made clear that all of its proposals are contingent on players’ agreement to a salary cap, a system that guts player rights and compensation, as well as its other anti-player proposals,” the union said.
The union’s response to MLB’s proposal https://t.co/BvCwOSbIuy
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) October 8, 2026
The players have opposed a salary cap throughout these talks, and the union made it plain on Thursday that it views MLB’s scheduling ideas as part of the same package. That likely leaves the 154-game season, the seven-game Division Series, and the Monday window on hold until the cap fight is settled. MLB may want to sell more baseball in October, but it will have to get through the winter first.
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