ESPN’s alternate Sunday Night Baseball broadcast will debut on April 10. The first Kay-Rod Cast featuring Yankees play-by-play man Michael Kay and slugger Alex Rodriguez will see the duo watching the Yankees take on the Boston Red Sox.
Kay and ARod will be in New York at ESPN’s South Street Seaport studios. They will welcome guests throughout the game as they present a more relaxed and conversational commentary, similar to the ManningCast of Monday Night Football.
“We’re just essentially going to do a radio talk show while we’re watching the game,” Kay told BSM’s Derek Futterman earlier this month. “[It’s] not quite the Manningcast, but somewhere between the Manningcast and a regular broadcast…. That’s going to be fun to do, and I’ll get a chance at seeing how I do nationally with those games.”
ESPN will use the Kay-Rod Cast eight times this season. On Thursday, the network released a schedule and revealed five of the matchups.
| Date | Game |
| Apr. 10 | Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees |
| Apr. 17 | Atlanta Braves vs. San Diego Padres |
| May 1 | Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets |
| June 26 | TBD* |
| July 3 | St. Louis Cardinals vs. Philadelphia Phillies |
| July 10 | New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox |
| Aug.14 | TBD* |
| Sept. 25 | TBD* |
In a press release, ESPN noted that it planned to reveal the other three Kay-Rod games in the coming weeks.
