What happened to FOX Saturday Baseball?

Baseball fans looking to tune in to nationally televised MLB games on Saturday afternoons will have to look in a slightly different place this season. The traditional FOX Saturday Baseball Game of the Week that aired on broadcast TV throughout the entire regular season has been cut back significantly. FOX airs only 12 Saturday games in 2014 (schedule is below), with an expanded schedule of games now airing on FOX Sports 1, including most Saturdays. FOX airs eight consecutive Saturdays of MLB regional games in primetime beginning May 24 and leading up to July’s All-Star Game in Minneapolis. FOX will also air four late-season Saturday afternoon games in September.

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MLB on FOX and FOX Sports 1 2014 TV schedule

ESPN Sunday Night Baseball 2014 TV schedule

There are also significant changes to postseason coverage in MLB’s new eight-year, $12.4 billion TV rights deal with partners ESPN, FOX and TBS. FOX and FOX Sports 1 now get two of the four Division Series. The All-Star Game and the World Series remain on FOX, but Awful Announcing is reporting that the League Championship Series games that FOX owns the rights to will likely now air on FOX Sports 1, meaning the World Series will be the only postseason MLB games airing on broadcast TV.

In the FOX broadcast booth, Joe Buck will be joined by new analysts Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci. Reynolds and Verducci replace longtime analyst Tim McCarver, who retired after last season.

2014 FOX Saturday Baseball Games

Saturday, May 24
7:00 PM ET – FOX
St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds
Washington Nationals at Pittsburgh Pirates
Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Saturday, May 31
7:00 PM ET – FOX
Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox
Pittsburgh Pirates at Los Angeles Dodgers

Saturday, June 7
7:00 PM ET – FOX
Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals
Oakland Athletics at Baltimore Orioles

Saturday, June 14
7:00 PM ET – FOX
Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds at Milwaukee Brewers
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Atlanta Braves

Saturday, June 21
7:00 PM ET – FOX
Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals
Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs
Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians

Saturday, June 28
7:00 PM ET – FOX
Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers
Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs

Saturday, July 5
7:00 PM ET – FOX
Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox
Texas Rangers at New York Mets
San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres

Saturday, July 12
7:00 PM ET – FOX
Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds
Washington Nationals at Philadelphia Phillies
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Texas Rangers

Saturday, September 6
1:00 PM ET – FOX
San Francisco Giants at Detroit Tigers
Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays

Saturday, September 13
1:00 PM ET – FOX
Atlanta Braves at Texas Rangers
New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles

Saturday, September 20
FOX/FOX Sports 1
TBD

Saturday, September 27
FOX/FOX Sports 1
TBD