With the majority of Major League Baseball regular-season Opening Day games set to commence next week, FOX Sports has revealed its MLB on FOX broadcasting plans for the upcoming 2024 season, culminating in its presentation of the World Series. The network’s lead broadcast booth of play-by-play announcer Joe Davis, color commentator John Smoltz and reporter Ken Rosenthal is returning for the season. The lead booth will begin its season by broadcasting the New York Yankees and Houston Astros game from Minute Maid Park on Saturday, March 30 at 7 p.m. EST on FOX.
Additional broadcasters set to contribute to MLB on FOX coverage this season include play-by-play announcers Adam Amin, Jason Benetti, Kevin Kugler and Kenny Albert, along with analysts Adam Wainwright, Tom Verducci, A.J. Pierzynski, Eric Karros and Dontrelle Willis. The network will also broadcast the MLB at Rickwood Field game on Thursday, June 20 and will announce its talent assignments at a later date.
The MLB on FOX studio team will return with host Kevin Burkhardt and analysts Álex Rodríguez, David Ortiz and Derek Jeter. Throughout the year, the program will travel to cover several marquee events, including hosting live from Yankee Stadium on Saturday, June 8. The show will provide coverage surrounding a multifaceted programming lineup on FOX, including the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies game in London, England, which is part of the league’s 2024 World Tour.
FOX will also serve as the home of the Belmont Stakes during the same day, which is taking place at Saratoga Race Course this year due to renovations at Belmont Park. The day will conclude with a prime-time game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees, emanating from the Bronx and broadcasting on FOX.
Coverage of the league on FOX Deportes will continue with games featuring play-by-play announcer Adrian Garcia Marquez, analyst Edgar Gonzalez, announcer and reporter Carlos Alvarez and reporter and analyst Jaime Motta. The network has also added Rolando Nichols as part of its coverage, serving as a play-by-play announcer this season. In addition to live game broadcasts, the network will also present a daily sports highlight program, Total Sports 360, which features highlights, interviews and reports during the season.
FOX Sports will also continue to present content tailored for digital media platforms, creating and disseminating original content. Flippin’ Bats, a FOX Sports original digital franchise, will present new episodes multiple times per week available to view on FOX Sports digital platforms and other media platforms, including Apple, Spotify and YouTube. Hosted by Ben Verlander and Alex Curry, the show will seek to promulgate revelry within the game of baseball and feature interviews, analysis and weekly appearances by MLB on FOX analyst John Smoltz. Deesha Thosar and Rowan Kavner will also be part of the network’s coverage through written content and analysis.
Viewers are able to stream FOX Sports programming live – which includes MLB games broadcast on FOX and FS1 – by using either the FOX Sports app or on FOXSports.com. Other platforms that enable streaming games includes Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV and Roku devices.
