Kansas City Royals fans will have to get used to a virtually brand-new product in the broadcast booth this season. They already knew that there would be a new voice of the team on Bally Sports Midwest following the retirement of Steve Physioc. Now we are learning more about the people that will fill the analyst’s chair.
Mike Sweeney and Jeremy Guthrie have been added to the broadcast crew and they will be busy. Their schedules will see them make appearances on pre and postgame shows. They will also join new play-by-play man Jake Eisenberg in the booth occasionally for TV and even do some time on the radio broadcast.
The Royals have a large broadcast crew. In addition to Eisenberg, Sweeney, and Guthrie will also work with Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Rex Hudler, Joel Goldberg, Jeff Montgomery, and Steve Stewart.
“To join an already incredible team, and to do it with guys that I love being around — and most importantly for the team I have loved since I was 17 years old and the Kansas City Royals drafted me — it’s a dream come true,” Mike Sweeney said in a press release.
Sweeney spent the first 13 seasons of his 16-year Major League career in Kansas City. He was an All-Star five times and was enshrined in the team’s hall of fame in 2015. Guthrie was a journeyman reliever and spot starter. He spent four seasons with the Royals.
