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Nine MLB Teams Cut Ties with Troubled Sports Group

1/12/2026

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Nine Major League Baseball teams terminated contracts with Main Street Sports Group amid financial instability.
Main Street emerged from bankruptcy in 2025 and could dissolve without a buyer.
The nine teams—Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, and Tampa Bay Rays—opted out to explore alternatives, with missed payments and failed negotiations to sell to DAZN highlighting revenue risks.

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Nine Major League Baseball teams terminated contracts with Main Street Sports Group amid financial instability.
Main Street emerged from bankruptcy in 2025 and could dissolve without a buyer.
The nine teams—Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, and Tampa Bay Rays—opted out to explore alternatives, with missed payments and failed negotiations to sell to DAZN highlighting revenue risks.