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Adam Ottavino is joining ESPN as an MLB analyst, per Front Office Sports. Ottavino pitched for five teams over a 15-year career as one of the better relievers of his generation, last playing a full season with the New York Mets in 2024 before retiring. The 40-year-old has been one of the more compelling voices…
The 15-year MLB vet spent the past four seasons with the Mets. The post Adam Ottavino Joins Revamped ESPN MLB Lineup appeared first on Front Office Sports.
This originally appeared in Tuesday morning’s edition of The A Block, Awful Announcing’s daily newsletter with the latest sports media news, commentary, and analysis. Sign up here and be the first to know everything going on in the sports media world. As NBC has returned to NBA and MLB broadcasting over the past year, staffers have…
Matt Vasgersian is not calling every Sunday Leadoff game this season, and NBC’s executive producer Sam Flood made clear Monday that the network already has a plan for when he can’t. On NBC Sports’ MLB preview media conference call, Flood confirmed that a second play-by-play announcer has agreed to handle the Leadoff dates Vasgersian won’t Read more... The post NBC will hire another ‘Sunday Leadoff’ play-by-play voice appeared first on Awful Announcing.
