Yankees announce full spring training television broadcast schedule for 2025 season

Spring training is more than just around the corner for New York Yankees fans. While game action is still several weeks away, players have already begun filtering into camp — and not just pitchers and catchers, either.

Over at the Yankees' minor-league complex, Anthony Volpe, Jazz Chisholm, Dom Smith, and new addition Cody Bellinger have already been spotted taking morning batting practice. And you know it's real because New York's eagle-eyed beat writers have already captured 12x footage from hundreds of feet away. Ah, the rites of spring!

If you're looking for slightly higher quality broadcast footage, the Yankees also announced their full slate of YES Network spring training broadcasts on Monday afternoon.

This year, there's a slight wrinkle to the proceedings, which could change things significantly for some. In addition to the televised broadcasts, there are nine games streaming exclusive to the Gotham Sports app. Glad we know that now rather than Feb. 21, when the Yankees' first televised broadcast is scheduled to hit the airwaves.

Yankees full spring training television broadcast and streaming schedule: YES Network restricting some games to Gotham Sports app

Understandably, this may be your first experience with the brand new Gotham Sports app, a joint venture between YES and MSG Networks. "Authenticated pay TV subscribers" in the Yankees' local markets (New York State, Connecticut, north and central New Jersey, northeastern Pennsylvania) will have access to the app at no additional charge, according to YES' press release surrounding its launch.

While these exclusive streaming games may represent a slight impediment and change in workflow, they should come at no additional cost to paid television subscribers.

The Yankees' first televised game of camp will take place on Feb. 21, 2025, a Friday afternoon contest against the Tampa Bay Rays. It'll be a good opportunity for the Rays to get familiar with George M. Steinbrenner field, their home stadium for the duration of the 2025 season. The first Gotham Sports app-exclusive game is the very next day, when the Yankees travel to Toronto's complex in Dunedin, FL for a 1:00 PM game. Both Yankees starting pitchers for those contests will be announced far closer to the event, but less than two weeks out, armed with knowledge of spring trainings past, we're going to guess ... complete randos?

The Yankees' spring training broadcast schedule is the first of many exciting milestones en route to the game action that really counts. Soak it in though, folks. The Super Bowl is over. It's the baseball nerds' time now.