Jason Benetti has been tabbed as the play-by-play broadcaster for NBC and Peacock’s newly acquired “Sunday Night Baseball” package, the network announced Wednesday.
Benetti will be on the call March 26 when the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers open the season against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
He previously worked as the play-by-play voice of NBC Sports’ “MLB Sunday Leadoff” in 2022 on Peacock and broadcast baseball at the Tokyo Olympics for NBC in 2021.
“After Jason finished the 2022 baseball season with us, we told him that if we ever got MLB back, he’d be our first call,” said Sam Flood, NBC Sports executive producer. “Jason is one of the best play-by-play announcers in the business and we’re thrilled to have him back on a full-time basis with NBC Sports, beginning with ‘Sunday Night Baseball’.”
NBC also announced that instead of a having the same color commentator every week, Benetti will be joined on each broadcast by analysts with connections to the participating teams.
Benetti will remain the play-by-play television broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers alongside his NBC role. He’s in his third season with Detroit after spending the prior eight as the TV voice of the Chicago White Sox.
He also worked on national broadcasts for Fox Sports, calling NFL, MLB, college football and college basketball games since 2022.
“I am thrilled to be rejoining the NBC Sports family,” Benetti said. “… It’s a true honor to be part of the dawn of ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ at NBC Sports. Each week is going to be a new, unique experience with analysts who all have different viewpoints on the game.”
–Field Level Media
