Don Orsillo has signed a long-term extension with the San Diego Padres that will have him continue broadcasting games, he announced on social media Tuesday afternoon. Orsillo has been the voice of Padres baseball on television since 2017 following the retirement of Dick Enberg from the role. The length of the new deal is not currently known, but it will allow Orsillo to remain behind the microphone to call memorable moments for the team with superstars such as Fernando Tatis Jr., Manny Machado and Jake Cronenworth.
“I would like to thank the Padres fans and the SD community for being so kind,” Orsillo said in a post on X. “I would also like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Erik Greupner who made all of this possible and for his leadership.”
Prior to calling Padres baseball, Orsillo worked for New England Sports Network (NESN) as the television play-by-play voice of the Boston Red Sox. Furthermore, he broadcast MLB postseason games nationally for TBS and had previously called games for several Minor League Baseball organizations. Orsillo is a graduate of Northeastern University, and he served as an intern under Red Sox radio voice Joe Castiglione when he was an undergraduate student.
“Don was going into the final year of his contract this year, and he’s really become the beloved voice of the Padres doing play-by-play on TV,” Erik Greupner, chief executive officer of the San Diego Padres, said during media availability on Tuesday. “And so I’m happy to announce that we recently entered into a long-term extension with Don, and our hope and expectation is that he’s going to continue to be the voice of the Padres until he’s no longer a broadcaster, and we’d like to see him end his career here in San Diego.”
Padres broadcasts have been produced and disseminated by Major League Baseball since June 2023 when then-Diamond Sports Group was in Ch. 11 bankruptcy and selectively rejecting local contracts amid a reorganization process. MLB Media has been presenting Padres baseball to fans on linear networks, and the team launched a direct-to-consumer platform ahead of last season. The Padres are one of five teams that utilizes MLB Media as its partner for telecasts as the regional sports network model undergoes seminal change.
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