Tailgate Recap
A personalized morning MLB digest that summarizes last night's game for your favorite team in a 90-second plain-language story and previews today's pitching matchup.
Baseball fans with one or two favorite teams who don't have time to watch every game
- Daily 90-second team-specific narrative recap generated from the box score
- Pitching matchup preview with batter-vs-pitcher career stats
- Division 'playoff race' pressure tracker updated every morning
- Push notifications for final scores of followed teams
Game recaps are abundant but skimming ESPN's full recap or scrolling highlights takes 10+ minutes — fans want a 90-second version tailored to their team, and LLM-driven narration is now cheap enough to run nightly for millions of games.
MLB.com launched 'My Daily Story' (AI-powered personalized daily recaps) and Recapp raised $11M from Joe Montana for AI-personalized sports highlights, validating the underlying demand for team-tailored game recaps.MLB uses AI to create personalised daily video recaps for fans ↗After $400M cyber exit, ex-IntSights CEO raises $11M to build AI app for personalized sports highlights ↗
Whitespace is nearly gone: MLB itself ships this exact product (My Daily Story, free, on MLB.com/app), well-funded Recapp targets the same niche, and First Pitch podcast covers daily MLB recaps already.My Daily Story powered by Google Cloud - MLB.com ↗First Pitch - Daily MLB Recap ↗After $400M cyber exit, ex-IntSights CEO raises $11M to build AI app for personalized sports highlights ↗
Hard to monetize when the league itself offers a comparable product free to logged-in MLB.com users; Deloitte notes sports consumers are increasingly price-sensitive, leaning toward ad-supported rather than paid subscriptions.Deloitte: From Subscribers to Superfans: Fan Engagement Shapes the Next Era of Media Consumption ↗My Daily Story powered by Google Cloud - MLB.com ↗
Baseball is a seasonal sport (active ~7 months/year) so daily-recap usage drops sharply in off-season; AI narration costs will stay low, but category growth is moderate rather than expanding.MLB Podcasts: Morning Lineup, Pipeline, and more | MLB.com ↗
Trivial to build: MLB's free Stats API provides play-by-play data, and modern LLMs can narrate a 90-second recap cheaply; the MVP is a small weekend project.MLB's AI-powered greatest hits are in My Daily Story - Google Cloud ↗