MLB TV now even more NOT worth it

I have a love-hate relationship with MLB TV. I so want to love it, but MLB blacks out my team -- the one that plays in a stadium over four hours away from my house -- and has for years. And continues to.

But now, they are doing something that makes that aggravation even greater. They have raised the price of a subscription.

Oh, they've thrown a new wrinkle in as well. In the past, when you auto renewed, you got the previous year's pricing. Not anymore. According to TV Answer Man Phillip Swann, MLB is hitting everyone with the price increase:

But MLB TV announced yesterday that it will raise the price of the 2023 plan by $10 to $149.99; the 2022 regular season price was $139.99. In addition, there are no pre-season discounts, which have been available in past years.

Which brings us to the issue of the auto-renewal.

Earlier today, we noted in this article that MLB TV has had a policy of auto-renewing subscribers every March 1 at the previous year's price. That would be $139.99 for 2022. The league even has a web page that says this:

"Your subscription will automatically renew annually approximately March 1 each year at the previous year's regular full yearly price."

However, it appears that MLB TV this year has updated the policy to state that you will be auto-renewed at the current year's price, not last year's rate.

Once again, I so want to subscribe to MLB TV, but the blackouts mean it's meaningless for me. And this on top of that makes it less desirable. However, if it works for you and your Streaming Life, that's great. I just wish it worked for me.