How to Watch WPBL on ESPN+

If you are in the United States, the full game is a paid ESPN stream. It is not free on YouTube. This page is only the U.S. ESPN path. The fuller watch guide — including Scripps Sports and the international feed — is How to watch.

ESPN app, ESPN+, and ESPN Select

The league’s July 31 watch post names ESPN Select as carrying all inaugural-season games for U.S. fans. ESPN’s own press release and WPBL watch hub still label the games ESPN+. Awful Announcing reported that ESPN Select is the successor name for ESPN+.

How we actually watch:

1. Open the ESPN app (phone, tablet, computer, or living-room device).
2. Sign in with an account that includes ESPN+ / ESPN Select. This is a paid subscription. Check ESPN’s checkout for the current price — we’re not guessing a price.
3. Open the WPBL streaming hub on ESPN, or search “Women’s Pro Baseball League” in the app.

ESPN’s July 30 press release says 37 games stream on ESPN platforms (30 regular season plus postseason) and that ESPN is the exclusive U.S. home of the playoffs. ESPN.com: “Fans can catch all the action in the ESPN App and in the WPBL streaming hub.”

Paywall: If you do not already have ESPN+ / ESPN Select (or a bundle that includes it), you will be asked to subscribe. Sunday, Aug. 30 (New York vs San Francisco) is FINAL — San Francisco 11, New York 9 (official game page). Next: Wednesday, Sep. 2, San Francisco vs Boston on ESPN+ only.

Not free YouTube, not linear TV

U.S. viewers should not expect the full game on the league YouTube channel. That feed is for fans outside the United States — see How to watch on YouTube.

Awful Announcing and Yahoo Sports both reported that the ESPN/Scripps deal does not put games on traditional linear television (no ESPN, ESPN2, or ABC listing in the published rights table). The ESPN press-release schedule marks every game “ESPN+.”

A few regular-season dates are also on Scripps Sports, a free streaming channel. That 11-game list: How to watch on Scripps Sports. Fuller notes: main watch page.