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List of current Major League Baseball broadcasters

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Source revisionSep 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ11811838
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The following is a list of current Major League Baseball broadcasters, as of the 2026 season, for each individual team. Some franchises have a regular color commentator while others, such as the Milwaukee Brewers, use two play-by-play announcers, with the primary often doing more innings than the secondary. Secondary play-by-play announcers are noted by bold and the number of innings of play-by-play are listed in "Radio Broadcaster Inning Formats."

Regional television broadcasters

American League

National League

Regional radio broadcasters

American League

National League

Radio broadcaster inning formats

Under the broadcasters list above, in the secondary play-by-play/color analyst column, the secondary play-by-play broadcaster is bolded if they also do play-by-play (all of which are on radio). Identified below are which innings those broadcasters do play-by-play (including extra innings in bold, if applicable).

American League

Athletics: Innings 3–4, 7, and even extra innings

Baltimore: Innings 3–4, 6–7, and even extra innings

Boston: Innings 3–4, 6–7, and even extra innings

Cleveland: Innings 4–5

Houston: Innings 3–4, 7 and even extra innings

Kansas City: Innings 3–4, 6–7, and even extra innings

Minnesota: Innings 4–6, and odd extra innings (formerly Innings 3–4, 6–7, and odd extra innings up through 2013)

Seattle: Innings 3-4, 6–7, and even extra innings (formerly 3–4, 7, and even extra innings from 2011 to 2012 and 3, 6-7 and even extra innings from 2013 to 2024)

Tampa Bay: Innings 3–4, 7–8, and even extra innings (Solondz and Freed switch every game so one will do innings 1–2, 5–6, 9, and odd extra innings for one game and the next game, that broadcaster will do play-by-play in innings 3–4, 7–8, and even extra innings).

Texas: Innings 2–3, 6-7, and even extra innings

Toronto: None; formerly Innings 3–4, 7 and odd extra innings (through 2020 season), and innings 5-6 (from 2013 to 2016)

National League

Atlanta: Innings 4–6, and odd extra innings; Innings 3–4, 6–7, and odd extra innings when McAlpin fills in for Ingram and works with Simpson.

Chicago Cubs: Inning 5; innings 3–4, 7 (for spring training games broadcast on MLB.com) Formerly innings 4-6 for select spring training games

Cincinnati: Innings 3–4, 7 and even extra innings

Colorado: Innings 2–3, 6–7, and even extra innings

Miami: None; Formerly Innings 3–4, 7–8, and even extra innings (through the 2020 season)

Milwaukee: Innings 3–4, 7, and 10-11, 14–15, 18-19

New York Mets: Innings 3–4, 7, and even extra innings

Philadelphia: None; Formerly innings 4-5 (formerly home games only through 2020)

St. Louis: Innings 3–4, 7, and even extra innings

San Diego: None; formerly Innings 3–4, 7–8, and even extra innings (through 2020 season)

San Francisco: Innings 3–4, 7, and even extra innings

Washington: Innings 3–4, 6–7, and even extra innings

National broadcasters

Television broadcasters

Regular season

All-Star Games and postseason

Spanish broadcasters

Radio broadcasters

Regular season and the All-Star Game

Postseason

Spanish broadcasters

International broadcasters

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Middle East and North Africa

Oceania

All-Star Game and postseason

See also

MLB Network

MLB.tv

Major League Baseball on television

List of current Major League Soccer broadcasters

List of current NBA broadcasters

List of current NFL broadcasters

List of current National Hockey League broadcasters

Notes

^ Some Cincinnati Reds games also air on FanDuel Sports Network Indiana, FanDuel Sports Network South, and FanDuel Sports Network Southeast (channel varies by region).

^ Some St. Louis Cardinals games are also available on Bally Sports Indiana, Bally Sports South, and Bally Sports Southeast (channel varies by region).

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