NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is having its most-viewed postseason in the U.S. in 15 years through the division series.
Viewership is averaging 4.33 million through the division series according to MLB and Nielsen, a 30% increase over last year and the best since 2010.
Last Friday’s between the Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers averaged 8.72 million viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes and streaming. The Mariners 3-2 victory in the fifth and deciding game of the AL Division Series was the most-watched division round game on Fox since Detroit’s Game 5 win over the New York Yankees in 2011 averaged 9.72 million.
The two AL Division Series on Fox, FS1 and FS2 averaged 4.15 million, the most-watched division round on any network since the NL Division Series on TBS (Cubs-Cardinals and Mets-Dodgers).
The series between Toronto and the Yankees, which the , averaged 7.65 million in the U.S. and Canada.
Viewership for all four division series in the U.S. averaged 4.17 million, its highest since 2011, and a 17% jump from last year.
Blue Jays division series games in Canada averaged 3.65 million, a 10% increase from the team’s last ALDS appearance in 2016.
Sunday’s first game of the AL Championship Series averaged 5.31 million on Fox, Fox Deportes and streaming. That is a 32% increase over last year’s between Cleveland and the Yankees on TBS.
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