Boomer Esiason has provided a voice for Yankees fans who are frustrated about not knowing where the next game will be on — and having to pay for at least four different platforms to watch their team.
As Yankees fan account River Ave Blues pointed out, the Yankees are in the middle of a five-game stretch where their games are on four separate outlets — Sunday was Peacock, Tuesday and Thursday are on YES Network, Wednesday is on Amazon’s Prime Video and Friday’s game is on Apple TV+.
On WFAN’s “Boomer & Gio” on Monday morning, Esiason empathized with how much effort keeping track of the Bombers’ schedule is.
“It’s not that I feel bad for the Yankees fans, but I do feel kind of like their frustration,” Esiason said, as covered by Barrett Sports Media.
“You’ve got to find them on Peacock. You’ve got to find them on Apple TV+. You’ve got to find them on Prime. And then you’ve got to find them on YES. When are they, where are they, and how do we find them? It’s ridiculous. This is as bad as the NFL. You talk about a money grab.”
Boomer Esiason called the Yankees’ suite of TV deals a ‘money grab’.Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagePartner Gregg Giannotti said that when they are on YES, it shouldn’t be much of a problem.
“I think most Yankee fans know how to find [YES Network],” Giannotti said.
“It’s just insane,” Esiason responded.
The Yankees are in a stretch where they are on four different platforms in five games.Getty ImagesPeacock and AppleTV+ are national MLB deals that the Yankees have little control over.
They are, however, responsible for the deal that has them airing over 20 games per year exclusively on Amazon, though to be fair this is a service that is in more households than the cable/satellite bundle at this point.
Giannotti wondered if Yankees fans might sample the Mets instead on nights where the Bombers are off YES.
“So maybe some of these Yankees fans will turn to over to SNY to see the Mets hump one another instead?,” Giannotti asked. “You can’t find the Yankees game? Well, there’s Pete Alonso!”
One imagines most Yankees fans are more likely to just watch something other than baseball if their team isn’t accessible to them.
