EXHIBIT
23(I)
CONSENT OF
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
To the Board of
Directors of
MML Bay State Life
Insurance Company
We consent to the inclusion in this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to Registration Statement No. 33-79750 of MML
Bay State Life Insurance Company on Form S-2 of our report dated February 1,
2000, on our audit of the statutory financial statements of MML Bay State
Life Insurance Company as of December 31, 1999 and for the year then ended,
which includes explanatory paragraphs relating to the use of statutory
accounting practices which differ from generally accepted accounting
principles. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the caption
Experts appearing in the prospectus.
DELOITTE &
TOUCHE
LLP