Major League Baseball and ESPN have had quite the mercurial relationship this year when it comes to the topic of their TV rights contract. It began in February, when the two sides mutually agreed to end their partnership that began in 1990.

Major League Baseball and ESPN have reached a preliminary agreement that would allow the Worldwide Leader in Sports “the exclusive rights to sell all out-of-market regular-season games digitally and in-market games for five clubs over the next three years,” The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand reported.