Major League Baseball coverage on TBS will continue on Tuesday night with an interleague matchup between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Red Sox. The action on the field should be compelling with no shortage of star power, including players such as Rafael Devers, Bryce Harper, Kutter Crawford and Zack Wheeler. Coverage surrounding the game will feature the commentary team of play-by-play announcer Brian Anderson and Jeff Franceour broadcasting the game live from Fenway Park on TBS and streaming on Max.
Ahead of the proceedings, the MLB Leadoff studio program will take place from the Atlanta studios and feature host Lauren Shehadi with analysts Pedro Martínez and Curtis Granderson. Two-time World Series champion and three-time All-Star outfielder David Justice is slated to make his MLB on TBS debut as an analyst as part of the studio program.
Beginning at 6:30 p.m. EST, Justice will join Shehadi, Martínez and Granderson to provide his thoughts on the matchup at hand and contribute to studio coverage. Once the game concludes, he will return to provide studio analysis as a part of MLB Closer on TBS. Jimmy Rollins, who is generally part of the MLB on TBS studio broadcasts, is out for this week’s broadcast.
Justice began his career with the Atlanta Braves and was named the 1990 National League Rookie of the Year, hitting .282 with 28 home runs, 78 RBIs and a .908 OPS. Justice continued to post stellar numbers throughout his major-league career and helped lead the Braves to a World Series championship in 1991. After a stint with Cleveland, Justice was dealt to the New York Yankees and helped the team en route to a World Series championship, garnering the most valuable player honors within the American League Championship Series.
Justice retired from baseball following the 2002 season, when he was a member of the Oakland Athletics during the team’s 20-game winning streak. Throughout his 14 seasons in Major League Baseball, Justice played in the World Series seven times and ranks in the top 10 within several postseason categories, including at-bats, hits and runs scored. Justice formerly served as a color commentator for ESPN and in an analysis role with the YES Network.
