Netflix is taking one of baseball’s most famous brands and turning it into scripted drama.
Major League Baseball announced on Aug. 7 that the streaming giant is developing a series inspired by the New York Yankees, a project that pushes Netflix’s baseball presence well beyond live games and documentaries. The show is still in development, but it already has a strong creative lineup, with Emmy Award winner Jason Bateman attached.
MLB said the series will be produced by Bateman’s Aggregate Studios with MLB Studios. Writer, director and producer Josh Wakely created the concept, though the plot remains under wraps. What is clear is the scope: the show will center on the Yankees’ long history and move across multiple eras of the franchise, giving the creative team plenty of room to draw from iconic players, championship teams and defining moments.
Bateman will executive produce with Michael Costigan for Aggregate Studios. Wakely will executive produce through Grace: A Storytelling Company, while Nick Trotta represents MLB Studios. Peter Sobiloff, Mike Sobiloff, Sean Mullin, Josh Glick, Daniel Cohan and Jon Liebman will executive produce for Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
There’s no casting yet, and MLB has not announced a release window or production timeline.
The Yankees project also shows how far Netflix’s baseball investment has grown. Through its three-year rights deal with Major League Baseball, the service is set to carry multiple marquee events across the 2026, 2027 and 2028 seasons. That package already included this year’s Opening Day game between the Yankees and San Francisco Giants, along with the 2026 T-Mobile Home Run Derby.
Netflix will also exclusively air MLB at Field of Dreams on Aug. 13, when the Philadelphia Phillies meet the Minnesota Twins in Dyersville, Iowa.
On the documentary side, Netflix has steadily built a baseball catalog through its work with MLB Studios. That list includes the Emmy-winning documentary "The Turnaround," "The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox" and the eight-part series "The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox," which followed the 2024 Boston Red Sox behind the scenes.
MLB Studios also worked on the Emmy Award-nominated Ballgame episode of "Abbott Elementary," one of the show’s highest-rated episodes.
With the Yankees project, Netflix is taking that partnership in a different direction. Instead of retelling baseball history in documentary form, the streamer is moving into scripted storytelling built around one of the sport’s most recognizable franchises.
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