4 months ago
- Tigers
- Updated: Jan. 06, 2026, 9:14 a.m.
- Published: Jan. 06, 2026, 9:12 a.m.
DETROIT -- Detroit Tigers tv play-by-play man Jason Benetti is simply a apical campaigner to beryllium nan No. 1 play-by-play sound of NBC, Front Office Sports reported Monday.
NBC signed a caller media authorities woody pinch Major League Baseball successful November, bringing shot backmost to nan web connected a regular ground for nan first clip successful 26 years.
Benetti, 42, is entering his 3rd play arsenic nan Tigers’ superior TV broadcaster, though his statement allows him to measurement distant from up to 3 twelve games per twelvemonth to prosecute nationalist broadcast opportunities. Longtime power announcer Dan Dickerson moves to tv erstwhile Benetti is connected duty elsewhere.
Benetti regularly calls MLB, assemblage football, and assemblage hoops for Fox Sports. Front Office Sports reported that Benetti still has a twelvemonth remaining connected his Fox statement and would request support from nan web to time off for NBC.
Benetti already has an established narration pinch NBC, having called MLB games for Peacock, nan network’s streaming service.
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Evan Woodbery has covered nan Detroit Tigers and Major League Baseball for MLive.com since 2016. He has antecedently covered nan Saints/NFL for The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com; University of Tennessee athletics for...
