The Miami Marlins and FanDuel Sports Network Florida have announced that Kyle Sielaff has been named the lead play-by-play announcer for Marlins regional television broadcasts in 2025. Sielaff has worked with the Marlins organization in its radio network since 2013 where he hosted Marlins Inside Corner and team podcasts. Starting in the 2023 season, he was named the play-by-play announcer and has worked with a rotation of analysts including Rod Allen, Jeff Nelson, Gaby Sánchez and Kelly Saco. Paul Severino previously held the television role for the last seven seasons, but he was not offered a new deal following the season.
Sielaff becomes the seventh television play-by-play announcer in Marlins history and will make his debut as the baseball season commences this spring. The University of Miami alumnus previously worked as a play-by-play announcer for sports broadcasts on WVUM, the student-run radio station, and graduated in 2012 with double majors in broadcast journalism and sports administration.
“A sincere thank you to everyone that has reached out,” Sielaff said in a series of posts on X. “It’s extremely humbling to get this opportunity. I’m just so appreciative and excited to continue to share Marlins baseball with everyone on [FanDuel Sports Network Florida]. I’m going to be me, because, well, that’s all I know! The broadcasters that have come before me are amazing. Every one of them. I’m not sure they’re shoes I can fill, but I’m going to slip a pair on and hope to take a stroll with you all for a long time! Cheers.”
Sielaff will be working alongside longtime analyst Tommy Hutton, who is set to begin his 27th season on Marlins broadcasts in the upcoming season. Hutton formerly played 12 seasons as an infielder and outfielder in the major leagues with stints on the Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays and Montréal Expos. Before his work with the Marlins, he previously called games with the Expos, Blue Jays and New York Yankees, along with appearing on national broadcasts for ESPN, ABC and NBC.
Marlins broadcasts will be available on FanDuel Sports Network Florida, which was previously branded under the Bally Sports banner, as the team continues to do business with Main Street Sports Group. The media conglomerate, formerly known as Diamond Sports Group, emerged from Ch. 11 bankruptcy earlier this month with a “significantly deleveraged balance sheet.” The company has nine MLB teams within its portfolio and recently hired Norby Williamson to serve as its president of production and programming.
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