He was also honored as a champion off the field as one of the most-charitable players in the league, winning the Roberto Clemente Award in 2010 after being nominated eight times during his career. Caron is involved in many local and regional charities, and sits on the Board of Directors of the Mass Mentoring Partnership and the MetroWest YMCA. Massarotti later confirmed that he had auditioned but had not yet gotten the job. The Red Sox broadcast, of course, has some impossible shoes to fill in the analyst role, after Jerry Remy passed away last October. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Texas native burst onto the scene as a rookie in 2011, batting .288 with 15 home runs and 54 RBIs in 75 games. Earlier this winter, Middlebrooks had also been reportedly in talks about joining NESN as an analyst. So to have the opportunity to focus on baseball and work at NESN, Im really excited about it and its something Ive wanted to do for some time. WILL MIDDLEBROOKS(@Middlebrooks) is in his first season as NESN pregame and postgame analyst. NESNs pregame and postgame coverage will be hosted by long-time NESN host Tom Caron, who will be joined by a lineup of Red Sox legends including returning He also played one year in Japan for the Yokohama Baystars. He joined NESN in October of 2016 and served as an anchor/reporter on NESNs sports news programs. Dan Aspan is now running point on NESNs Red Sox coverage, directing the majority of games and producing others, while Amy Johnson will produce the majority of the broadcasts. We link to the best Red Sox sources from around the world. Receive the latest news and breaking updates, straight from our newsroom to your inbox. NESN is attempting to fill the void left by longtime color analyst Jerry Remy, who passed away in October after a lengthy battle with cancer. OBrien also did radio play-by-play on Atlanta Braves games in 1990 and 1991 as well as college football and basketball action for the University of Georgia and University of Miami. NESNs final plans will obviously hinge on how many games will actually be played in 2022. LOU MERLONI (@LouMerloni) is in his first season with NESN as color analyst in the NESN broadcast booth. Wild Acquire Former Bruins Forward Ahead Of NHL Trade Deadline, Devin McCourty Shuts Down Mac Jones 'In The Building' Rumors, Alex Cora Wants Masataka Yoshida To Give Message To Team Japan Before WBC, Alex Cora Reveals Encouraging Sign About Red Sox Lefty James Paxton, Red Soxs Alex Cora Gives Surprise Choice For Spring Training Standout, Red Sox Spring Training On NESN Begins Vs. Northeastern, Boston Globe Media, NESN Launch Daily Boston Globe Today Program, NESN Announces 2023 Red Sox Spring Training Broadcast Schedule, NESN Announces Studio Talent For 2023 Red Sox Season. Major League Baseball announced on Tuesday that the first two series of the season which includes the Red Sox first six home games are canceled as a new collective bargaining agreement still hasnt been reached. Following his playing career, Youkilis spent time as a scout and development consultant for the Chicago Cubs (2015). WebDave O'Brien misses Red Sox games due to his work on ESPN. But, I can confirm that we will be traveling our broadcast booth talent for the majority of away games on NESN. Bruins Recall Jakub Lauko From Providence Before Return To Action, NBA Trade Deadline Live Blog: Tracker For All Deals, Rumors, Thumbnail photo via Inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2018, Youkilis spent nine of his 10 MLB seasons in Boston and is a two-time World Series champion (2004, 2007) and three-time All-Star (2008, 2009, 2011). Color analysts in the booth will include returning personalities and Red Sox alumni Kevin Millar and Kevin Youkilis plus newcomer and Boston media veteran Lou Merloni. How can I watch them on TV? DiNardo was a pitcher for the Red Sox and a member of the 2004 World Series championship team. It Sounds Like Xander Bogaerts Doesnt Want To Move From Shortstop Position, Thumbnail photo via (2015) and San Diego Padres? Were excited about our booth lineup this year and look forward to an exciting season.. The 26-year-old righty made the NESN is adding some Boston Red Sox legends to their broadcasts for the 2021 season. DENNIS ECKERSLEY(Twitter: @Eck43) has been with NESN since 2003. 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Follow @NESN on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for real-time updates and action throughout the Red Sox Season. Following his playing career, Youkilis spent time as a scout and development consultant for the Chicago Cubs (2015). JAHMAI WEBSTER (Twitter: @WebsterOnTV) returns to the broadcast team for his sixth season as a Red Sox sideline reporter. NESN confirms that Kevin Youkilis, Kevin Millar and Tony Massarotti will be part of its Red Sox broadcast team this season. He said he recently auditioned with NESN play-by-play man Dave OBrien for a role in the booth, but that plans arent complete. I actually thought the booth flowed a little bit easier for me than pre and post because nothing is premeditated. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Merloni played nine years in the MLB with the Red Sox (6), Padres, Indians (2), and Angels. You can check NESNs website for more information. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. MIKE MONACO(Twitter: @MikeMonaco_) joined NESN for the 2020 season for select play-by-play games. Remy was awarded the Judge Emil Fuchs Memorial Award for long and meritorious service to baseball by the Boston Baseball Writers Association this year. He was the AL Comeback Player of the Year in 1995, an All-Star in 2009 and a two-time World Series Champion (2004 and 2007). He also pitched for the Oakland Athletics and Kansas City Royals before retiring from baseball in 2013. 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For the latest news and programming updates from NESN, follow us at @NESN on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and download the NESN app for real-time updates and action from Fort Myers. DiNardo was a pitcher for the Red Sox and was a member of the 2004 World Series Championship team. 1 of 7 NESN analyst and former Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis was not going to let Caron off the hook so easily. The 2004 World Series champion spent three of his 12 major league seasons with the Red Sox, batting .282 with 52 home runs and 220 RBI in 432 games for Boston from 2003-05. At least one color commentator from last season won't be returning to the NESN booth in 2023, as former writer and current radio host Tony Massarotti said that he was not asked back to the role for a second season. OBrien and his family reside in Rye, New Hampshire. The eight-time All-Star finished his career with a .298 batting AVG, 382 home runs and 1,451 RBI. Did Kyle Busch Take Shot At Joe Gibbs Racing After NASCAR Win? TIM WAKEFIELD(Twitter: @TimWakefield49) joined NESNs pregame and postgame team in 2012. Following his playing career, the Texas native worked for the Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, and San Francisco Giants organizations. He has called the LCS and World Series for MLBs International broadcasts, as well as select MLB playoff series on ESPN Radio. Eck and Dave O'Brien are back. The eight-time All-Star finished his career with a .298 batting average, 382 home runs, and 1,451 RBI. He spent the first eight seasons of his 13-year career with the Red Sox, earning all three of his All-Star selections (1995, ?96, ?98) in Boston. A Boston native, OBrien received the Georgia Associated Press Best Sports Play-by-Play honor in 1988 and 1991 and the Achievements in Radio (A.I.R.) NESN?s coverage of the 2021 season will include over 150 games plus hour JAHMAI WEBSTER(Twitter: @WebsterOnTV) returns to the broadcast team for his fifth season as a Red Sox sideline reporter. TONY MASSAROTTI(@TonyMassarotti) A Waltham native, Massarotti has been covering the Boston sports scene for over 30 years. This season, NESN plans to call a majority of road games in person, starting with the season-opening three-game series against the Yankees in New York April 7-10. Receive the latest news and breaking updates, straight from our newsroom to your inbox. Caron is involved in many local and regional charities, including Mass Mentoring; Good Sports, Inc.; the Run to Home Base Program; and the Red Sox Foundation. Boston is 1-0-1 so far in Grapefruit League action. With that said, because of advances in technology, we are able to have a level of agility to accommodate our talent schedules and locations so there will be some road games that are called from Watertown or even remotely from our talents homes.. Eck told me just to be myself, because thats part of why they hired me, and to never stop learning. Dave O'Brien returns while new faces are added for 2023. He worked as both a radio and television announcer for the Florida Marlins between 1993 and 2001 and was the television voice of the New York Mets on WPIX-TV between 2003 and 2005. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. According to a report from WEEI.com on Wednesday, the network is planning to add former Red Sox players Kevin Millar and Kevin Youkilis, and longtime columnist and radio personality Tony Massarotti to its broadcast roster for games in 2022. Game recaps, highlights and exclusive content will also be available on the NESN 360 app. In 1990 with Boston, Burks earned an All-Star selection and received both the Rawlings Gold Glove Award and Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award as an outfielder. Burks also will contribute to pre- and post-game analysis, and Adam Pellerin will join the broadcast as occasional host. I give NESN and the Red Sox a lot of credit because Ive beaten the crap out of them for about 20 years, if not longer, and hopefully this can work out.. There are a lot of moving parts here, he said. The 12-year MLB veteran spent his first seven MLB seasons with the Red Sox, earning four of his six All-Star selections with Boston. First published on March 15, 2022 / 11:00 AM. Rice played 16 seasons in the major leagues, all with Boston. He currently serves as a special assignment instructor as well as honorary chairman of the Red Sox Foundation and was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2016. He has called the LCS and World Series for Major League Baseballs International broadcasts, as well as select MLB playoff series on ESPN Radio. Middlebrooks will still work around 40 games in a pre- and postgame studio role, on top of the 25 or so games in which he expects to be in the booth. Millar has co-hosted Intentional Talk on MLB Network since the shows inception in 2011. They were absent from the broadcast for seven minutes, during which NESN showed the Krakens broadcast from Root Sports Northwest. He was elected into Baseballs Hall of Fame in 2005 after pitching 24 seasons in the major leagues with five teams (Cleveland, Boston, Chicago Cubs, Oakland and St. Louis), including two different stints with the Red Sox (1978-84, 1998). KEVIN MILLAR(@KMillar15) is in his first season as analyst in NESNs broadcast booth. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. NESN on Friday announced the talent roster for the 2021 Boston Red Sox season. The Red Sox franchise leader in fielding percentage at first base (.997), he holds the AL record at first base for consecutive games without an error in a season (135 in 2007) and career (238 from July 2006-June 2008), and was rewarded for his defensive prowess with the 2007 Rawlings Gold Glove Award. The 2004 World Series champion spent three of his 12 major league seasons with the Red Sox, batting .282 with 52 home runs and 220 RBIs in 432 games for Boston from 2003-05. Bob DeChiara/USA TODAY Sports Images, Sox Transactions, Trades, and Free Agents. DAVE OBRIENenters his 32nd year of Major League Baseball broadcasting and his seventh in NESNs play-by-play role after nine years with Red Sox radio network. #BostonStrong, with the hashtag becoming a rallying cry for the season. Saturday, February 25: Atlanta Braves, 1:05 p.m. NESNs Bruins broadcasters returned to the road in the middle of March for a swing through Chicago, Winnipeg, and Montreal. Follow Boston.com on Instagram (Opens in a New Tab), Follow Boston.com on Twitter (Opens in a New Tab), Like Boston.com on Facebook (Opens in a New Tab), Watch: Cat storms field, interrupts Red Sox-Marlins spring training game, Don Orsillo shared the advice he received from a Red Sox broadcasting legend, It's working: Pitch clock shaves 20 minutes from early games. Merloni attended Framingham South High School and graduated from Providence College. ADAM PELLERIN (Twitter: @AdamPellerin) serves as a host for NESNs pre- and post-game shows. Remy worked on NESN broadcasts from 1988-2021. The WEEI report said Dennis Eckersley will still call the majority of Red Sox games as the color analyst alongside OBrien. Gambling problem? Earlier this month, WEEI reported that Massarotti, Millar and Youkilis were set to join the booth. Dave recently re-joined ESPN and is the ACC Network lead play-by-play announcer for its college football and college basketball coverage. The show won the prestigious 2019 Marconi Award and most recently was voted the No. That means, of course, that the Red Sox are booked for their usual 81 away from Fenway Park. The Lewiston, Maine, native joined NESN in 1995 and has served as a Red Sox field reporter, studio host for Boston Bruins hockey, and play-by-play announcer for the Beanpot and Hockey East. There will also be exclusive behind-the-scenes content, and daily editorial coverage, including a mini-series titled Spring Squeeze with TC featuring Tom Caron throughout spring training available on the NESN 360 app. The two-time All-Star compiled a .291 batting average with 352 home runs and 1,206 RBI over 2,000 career games. But most RSNs have been easing back into it. The former first baseman and outfielder used Cowboy Up! as a rallying cry for the 2003 Red Sox team that advanced to the American League Championship Series and had a vocal role in helping the 2004 team overcome an 0-3 series deficit to the New York Yankees in the ALCS, eventually winning their first World Series in 86 years. Kutter Crawford will start for the Red Sox. Youkilis debuted as a studio analyst with NESN in 2021 before stepping into the broadcast booth in 2022. LIVE STREAM: Sign up here to watch Red Sox spring training in New England. Call 1-800-Gambler. LIVE STREAM: Sign up here to watch Red Sox spring training in New England. KEVIN YOUKILIS (@GreekGodofHops) is in his second season as an analyst in NESNs broadcast booth after one season in 2021 as a weekly contributor to NESNs pregame and postgame shows. Merloni also spent nine years with WEEI in the Red Sox radio booth and 15 years as host of WEEIs midday and afternoon drive talk shows. See NESNs Red Sox spring training broadcast schedule below (all times ET): Friday, Feb. 24, 1 p.m. vs. Northeastern (NESN/NESN 360) Saturday, Feb. 25, 1 In 1990 with Boston, Burks earned an All-Star selection and received both the Rawlings Gold Glove Award and Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger as an outfielder. Will again be something of a rotating cast with Will Middlebrooks, Kevin Millar and possibly Tim Wakefield and others circling through. He worked as both a radio TCs acting like that was a lion coming at him, The Cohasset, Mass., native spent the last three seasons with the Pawtucket Red Sox (Triple-A) and also broadcasts college sports for ESPN and the ACC Network. He ended his career with 200 wins, 186 of them with Boston, which ranks third behind only Cy Young and Roger Clemens on the Red Sox all-time career win list. Remy was elected President of Red Sox Nation through online voting in September 2007. ET beginning Monday, Feb. 13 through Thursday, Feb. 23 and will feature all the latest updates from Fort Myers, including daily workout footage and exclusive interviews with players and coaches. NESN and I have spoken, Massarotti said. WebFeb. Remy was elected to the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2006 for his playing and broadcasting accomplishments and has now logged over 40 years of service to the organization. When the Red Sox returned to play after the Boston Marathon in 2013, Middlebrooks tweeted, I cant wait to put on my jersey today. Fans can access NESN 360 by authenticating with their TV provider or purchasing a subscription directly. Jahmai Webster will serve as sideline reporter. Those names include former Red Sox players Kevin Millar, Kevin Youkilis and Will Middlebrooks. Before joining NESN, Webster worked at Denvers ABC affiliate KMGH Denver7 and KITV 4 News in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 26-year-old righty made the 2022 Opening Day roster as a reliever but he struggled. His 219 saves in a Red Sox uniform are a franchise record, with his 368 career saves ranking 9th all-time. It drives Jenny Middlebrooks is married to former NESN Red Sox reporter Jenny Dell up a tree. Wild Acquire Former Bruins Forward Ahead Of NHL Trade Deadline, Devin McCourty Shuts Down Mac Jones 'In The Building' Rumors, Red Sox Spring Training On NESN Begins Vs. Northeastern, Boston Globe Media, NESN Launch Daily Boston Globe Today Program, NESN Announces 2023 Red Sox Spring Training Broadcast Schedule, NESN Announces Studio Talent For 2023 Red Sox Season. OBrien also works for ESPN as play-by-play announcer for its college basketball coverage. Mo Vaughn will contribute on select days to the pregame coverage from his at-home batting cage. Prior to NESN, Caron was the play-by-play voice of the Portland Pirates of the AHL and was inducted into the teams Hall of Fame in 2014. Kim Klement/USA TODAY Sports Images, Sox Transactions, Trades, and Free Agents. He also received the Massachusetts Sportscaster of the Year award in 2004, has been inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame and was a 2019 New Englander of the Year. NESN today announced the broadcast schedule for 2023 Red Sox spring training, which will include 27 Red Sox Spring Training games leading into the 2023 Hes just 34, has an easygoing, self-deprecating style, and is well-informed as a national MLB analyst for CBS Sports, a role he has had since 2019 and will continue to do. TOM CARON (Twitter: @TomCaron) enters his 20th season as a member of NESN?s Red Sox broadcast team and his 18th season as host of the pre- and post-game shows. He has called the LCS and World Series for Major League Baseballs International broadcasts, as well as select MLB playoff series on ESPN Radio. He currently serves as a special assignment instructor as well as honorary chairman of the Red Sox Foundation and was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2016. Live stream: NESN Live | Sling | DirecTV Stream | fuboTV - If you get NESN through your TV provider, you can use your cable login credentials to watch the game via streaming via NESN Live and the NESN App. That was the biggest thing, said Middlebrooks, who was a member of the Red Sox 2013 World Series championship team. The WEEI report said Dennis Eckersley will still call the majority of Red Sox games as the color analyst alongside OBrien. NESN has been the home of the Boston Red Sox since 2002, and in that time, there have been a number of different announcers that have called the games. He worked as both a radio and television announcer for the Florida Marlins from 1993-2001 and was the television voice of the New York Mets on WPIX-TV from 2003-05. An eight-time New England Emmy Award winner, Caron has been awarded New Englands Favorite Local TV Sports Personality seven times by Channel Media Sports Researchs New England Sports Survey and was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in 2021. During a five-year stretch beginning in 1988, Eckersley averaged 44 saves, a 1.88 ERA, more than one strikeout per inning and less than one walk per 9 innings. He spent the first eight seasons of his 13-year MLB career with the Red Sox, earning all three of his All-Star selections (1995, 96, 98) in Boston. He was elected into Baseballs Hall of Fame in 2004 after pitching 24 seasons in the major leagues with 5 teams (Cleveland, Boston, Chicago Cubs, Oakland, and St. Louis), including two different stints with the Red Sox (1978-84, 1998). 11 hours ago, Boston Red Sox He returned to starting and enjoyed a dominant stretch for Boston from July 4-Aug. 13. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)Getty Images. DAVE OBRIEN enters his 31st year of MLB broadcasting and his sixth in NESNs play-by-play role after nine years with Red Sox radio network. DAVE OBRIEN enters his 33rd year of Major League Baseball broadcasting and his eighth in NESNs play-by-play role after nine years with Red Sox radio network. A native of Framingham, Mass., Merloni has been working in the media for 15 years, including one year at NESN as a commentator on the Red Sox pregame and post-game shows and 14 years as an analyst for NBC Sports Boston. Remy, the former Red Sox infielder and longtime NESN color analyst, died Saturday at age 68 after an extended battle with cancer. Theres a lot of stuff we still have to figure out if it were to work.. The CBS Boston team is a group of experienced journalists who bring you the content on CBSBoston.com. His 19-year MLB career included 17 years as a member of the Red Sox (1995-2011). I think they feel the same way, but I cant really speak for them, I can only speak for me, and were still talking. The broadcast booth will feature returning primary play-by-play announcer Dave OBrien with Massachusetts native Mike Monaco contributing to play-by-play duties. And I was like, Can I have all four? I had to get a little greedy. The schedule also includes four games exclusively streamed on NESN 360, which will feature the home teams broadcast. NESNs coverage of Red Sox Spring Training presented by Mass Mutual will debut with nine Red Sox From Fort Myers shows, an in-depth look at all the action from JetBlue Park. https://rokt.ca/krPBM? It was tenuous for a while, when the owners threats of game cancellations during the Major League Baseball lockout suggested the possibility of an abbreviated regular season. Millar, who played three seasons with the Red Sox and was an integral member of the 2004 championship team, has joined the media space in his post-playing career, which has included being a game and studio analyst for Fox Sports. He was a key contributor to the 2013 World Series championship team, serving as the teams primary third baseman. He was the American League Comeback Player of the Year in 1995, an All-Star in 2009 and a two-time World Series champion.