Fresh off winning their first road series of the season, the New York Yankees visit the Detroit Tigers on Monday, April 7 (4/7/2025) at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan.
Yankees vs. Pirates will air in-market on YES Network and FanDuel Sports Detroit, and out-of-market nationwide on MLB Network. It can be streamed live on fuboTV (free trial). Out-of-market fans can also stream the game by adding MLB.TV to their fuboTV subscription.
Here’s what you need to know:
What: MLB Regular Season
Who: New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers
When: Monday, April 7, 2025
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Time: 3:10 p.m. ET
TV: YES Network, FanDuel Sports Detroit, MLB Network (out-of-market)
Channel finder: DirecTV, Verizon Fios, Cox, Xfinity, Spectrum, Optimum
Streaming ServiceFree TrialPromoMonthly PriceMLB.TV availableDirecTV StreamYesN/A$86.99YesfuboTVYes$20 off first month$84.99YesSling*NoHalf off first month$45.99YesHulu + Live TV*YesBundle$82.99No
What are the differences between the streaming services?
fuboTV is a live TV streaming service focused on live sports, including U.S. and international soccer, the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and more. It also includes its own fubo Sports Networks with exclusive programming. It offers 212 channels starting at $64.99 (for one month, then $84.99), includes unlimited DVR, and streams on most devices. Right now you can try fuboTV free for 7 days.
DirecTV Stream is a comprehensive internet TV service that offers your favorite entertainment, news and sports channels, as well as local TV stations and regional sports networks. It’s the only choice for fans who want full access to local, televised sports. DirecTV Choice includes 125+ channels, unlimited DVR storage and thousands of on-demand titles.
*Sling has different packages based on your watching preferences, starting at $23 a month for your first month, then costs $45.99. The orange and blue packages can be combined for $60.99 per month. This option only works for out-of-market fans, because Sling does not carry Regional Sports Networks. Fans can get MLB Network on Sling by adding the $11-per-month Sports Extra pack.
*Hulu + Live TV only works as an option for out-of-market fans, because it does not carry these particular Regional Sports Networks.
Yankees @ Tigers schedule
Mon, Apr 7: NYY @ DET, 6:40 p.m. on YES (STREAM)
Tue, Apr 8: NYY @ DET, 6:40 p.m. on YES (STREAM)
Wed, Apr 9: NYY @ DET, 6:40 p.m. on Prime Video
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Here’s a recent MLB story via The Associated Press:
Torpedo bats are all the rage this season, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred believes all that chatter is positive for the sport.
“They’re absolutely good for baseball,” Manfred said in a Q&A published by The New York Times on Sunday. “I believe that issues like the torpedo bat and the debate around it demonstrate the fact that baseball still occupies a unique place in our culture, because people get into a complete frenzy over something that’s really nothing at the end of the day.”
The interview covered multiple topics and included Manfred praising the testing of robot umpires during spring training. He said he’d like to see their use expanded to the regular season soon.
“I hope that we bring it to the big leagues in short order,” Manfred said. “It won’t be in 2025. It’d be in 2026.”
Torpedo bats drew attention recently when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers in one game. With several players using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel toward the label, shaping the end a little like a bowling pin, the bat has become baseball’s latest fad.
It’s caused All-Star and even amateur players to want to take their swings with the unusual-looking bat, creating a rush of orders for Victus Sports. The company is the official bat maker of MLB and has seen sales and interest spike in the torpedo bats.
Manfred highlighted that the bat has been used for a few years now, with players such as Giancarlo Stanton and Francisco Lindor using torpedoes last season.
The odd shape of the bat — like making a sausage, the meat is simply pushed down the casing — has little to no effect at Victus on the dynamics of making a baseball bat. The cost is the same as a standard bat, with a sticker price starting at around $200. Only the slogan is punched up: Get your hands on the most talked-about bat in the game.
“Players have actually been moving the sweet spot around in bats for years,” Manfred told the Times. “But it just demonstrates that something about the game is more important than is captured by television ratings or revenue or any of those things, when you have the discussions and debates about it.”
