Want to watch the Seattle Mariners? Here are the TV and streaming options as Opening Day approaches
The Seattle Mariners open the 2026 season tonight at T-Mobile Park against the Cleveland Rangers. And perhaps the biggest question on fans’ minds, aside from whether the team will make another playoff run, is what it’s like to watch the games on TV or online.
It was not easy to understand. But for fans who can’t be there in person, there are finally answers on where and how to see the team.
The Mariners announced additional details Wednesday for traditional cable and broadcast viewers in the Seattle area and across the Pacific Northwest, including:
- Comcast/Xfinity subscribers can watch the games on channel 1261.
- Charter/Spectrum subscribers in the Seattle/Tacoma market can watch on channel 414.
- DirecTV viewers can turn to channel 687.
The Mariners listed other cities and providers in the team’s home territory — Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska — in Wednesday’s post on X, below.
“Fans who have subscribed to Mariners TV providers will automatically see the channel streamed to their channels,” the team said.
The Mariners have also enabled a “channel finder” on their website that allows fans to search by zip code to find available providers and channel information in their area.
I searched for YouTube TV, the service I use, on Thursday morning, and got this message: “Sorry, but the Seattle Mariners do not offer YouTube TV at this time. Please call them directly or click below to let them know you want the Seattle Mariners added to your channel listing.”
Those without a streaming provider in the mix can turn to Mariners.TV, a direct-to-consumer, independent streaming option. Fans can stream games without local blackout via the web or the MLB app on mobile devices or smart TVs for $99.99/season or $19.99/month.
Fans who live outside the Mariners’ home market will be able to watch games with the standard MLB.TV package.
The team’s TV guide also lists games this season that will be shown exclusively on Apple TV, Peacock, NBC and elsewhere. For example, this weekend’s series against Cleveland includes two games on Mariners TV (Thursday, Saturday), one on Apple TV (Friday) and one on Peacock (Sunday).
The release of this information comes a few hours before the start of the first game of the new season, and some fans commenting on social media seem impatient. Those who purchased Mariners.TV only to find it is now included in their cable/satellite/Internet TV subscription, can request a refund, the team said.
The Mariners closed Root Sports Northwest at the end of the 2025 season and announced that the games will be produced and distributed by Major League Baseball for broadcast, cable and satellite TV.
