NBC will take over Sunday Night Baseball and they will also air the wild card round of the MLB playoffs. They’re filling out their lineup of broadcasters and analysts, and Votto is one of several major players to recently retire and join their crew. Anthony Rizzo and Clayton Kershaw are also expected to be part of the NBC Sports lineup.
Rizzo will become the lead studio analyst for NBC. Kershaw will have a limited schedule during which he will also be a studio analyst for select games. Votto’s role was not as specific in Front Office Sports’ reporting, but it is expected that he will also be a studio analyst.
NBC will have Sunday Night Baseball, Sunday leadoff (early and exclusive Sunday games throughout the season), the wild card round in the playoffs, and “special event” games for 2026, 2027, and 2028. They will also air a “game of the day” during the regular season on Peacock, which will be available to subscribers outside of the two teams’ market.
The deals with Rizzo, Kershaw and Votto do not specify how long they will last or for how much. That must be a nice change for guys whose salaries have been known for twenty years to anyone who cared to know.
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