The American League Division Series kicks off tonight with the Blue Jays vs Rangers in one series and the Royals vs Astros in the other. Here’s how to watch the Royals vs Astros live stream.
The Kansas City Royals are the winners of the American League Central division, while the Houston Astros won the Wild Card game against the New York Yankees earlier this week. Both teams will now face off to see who will advance to the American League Conference Series.
The Royals know what the playoffs feel like, especially after the team made it all the way to the World Series last year but lost to the San Francisco Giants in the final game of the series.
The Royals will face the Houston Astros, who have not been in the playoffs since 2005 when they competed and lost against the Chicago White Sox at the World Series. At this point it’s safe to say the Royals are the more experienced team, but it’s really going to come down to who is the better team this year.
The 4th best record in the league belongs to the Royals and they have the best record in the all American League by winning 95 games this season, while the Astros have the worst record of any playoff team this year. won 86 games. However, a team looking to make big waves in 2015.
If you can’t go to a TV for ALDS or don’t have cable to get started, here’s how to watch the Royals vs Astros live stream on a number of different devices.
Royals vs Astros Live Stream
All five Royals vs Astros games will be streamed on cable, but if you don’t have cable, you can use MLB.TV, a streaming service that lets you watch live baseball games.
Having an MLB.TV Premium subscription allows you to watch any and all MLB games live during the regular season without the need for a cable subscription (unlike other streaming services). However, it’s a little different during the playoffs.
Unfortunately, if you don’t reside outside of the US and Canada, you’ll have a harder time streaming games on MLB.TV. US and Canadian users must have a cable subscription to stream games on MLB.TV, and even then not all American League playoff games will be streamed to these users.
If you’re outside the US and Canada, you’re good to go, but there is a workaround for Americans and Canadians alike. For MLB.TV to think you live outside of North America, you can get a VPN service that essentially spoofs your location and lets you stream all the playoff games without needing a cable subscription.
A VPN service is pretty inexpensive (around $5 per month, depending on which service you go for). Personally, I like to use Unblock-Us and while it doesn’t work on iOS devices when streaming MLB.TV games, it works great on PS4 with a great interface for MLB.TV.
After that, you’ll need an MLB.TV subscription if you don’t already have one; that’s just $9.99 for the rest of the playoffs and even includes all Spring Training games for next year.
We have a comprehensive how-to guide on installing Unblock-Us to watch live MLB games without restrictions, so it’s worth checking out if that’s something you want to do.
Otherwise, you’ll need a cable subscription to watch playoff games, and even then, there will only be certain American League games where you need to be outside of the blackout area to stream them.
Whatever you choose to do, enjoy the MLB playoffs and happy streaming!
