This will be the 25th season of Major League Baseball on ESPN, with games once again scheduled on Monday, Wednesday and Sunday nights. Sunday nights games are nationally exclusive, while weekday games will have less local blackouts. Sunday Night Baseball premieres on Opening Night Sunday March 30th with the Los Angeles Dodgers at the San Diego Padres at 8 p.m. That will be followed by 5 Opening Day games on Monday March 31st on ESPN and ESPN2.
Curt Schilling joins Sunday Night Baseball (replacing Orel Hershiser) with Dan Shulman, John Kruk & Buster Olney and will return after he recovers from cancer treatment (ESPN announced their will be no replacement during his absence). Baseball Tonight airs nightly at 10 PM & Midnight and Sundays before and after SNB. Sunday’s Baseball Tonight is rebranded as Sunday Night Countdown.
ESPN will air games on national holidays including Memorial Day, the Fourth of July & Labor Day. The Home Run Derby will air the night before the All-Star Game at Target Field on July 14th ESPN will air one Wild Card Play in Game in October of one league, and will have exclusive coverage of the entire MLB Postseason on ESPN Radio
Sunday Night Baseball: Dan Shulman, John Kruk, Curt Schilling, Buster Olney (leave)
MLB on ESPN Radio: Jon Sciambi, Chris Singleton
Monday & Wednesday Night Baseball: Dave O’Brien, Aaron Boone (Mon.);
Sean McDonough, Rick Sutcliffe, Jon Sciambi Doug Glanville, various others (Wed.)
ESPN Deportes: Ernesto Jerez, Luis Alfredo Alvarez
Baseball Tonight
Hosts: Karl Ravech, Jon Sciambi, Adnan Virk
Analysts: Barry Larkin, Curt Schilling, Doug Glanville, Chris Singleton, Alex Cora, Manny Acta, Aaron Boone Rick Sutcliffe, John Kruk, Eduardo Perez, Eric Wedge, Dallas Braden
Reporters: Buster Olney, Tim Kurkjian, Pedro Gomez, Jason Stark
Sunday Night Baseball April Schedule, ESPN, 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 30 Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres
Sunday, April 06 San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers (ESPN2)
Sunday, April 13 Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees
Sunday, April 20 Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox (7 p.m.)
Sunday, April 27 Los Angeles Angels at New York Yankees
Opening Day
Monday, March 31
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 1 p.m., ESPN
St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds, 4 p.m., ESPN
Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles, 3 p.m., ESPN2
Colorado Rockies at Miami Marlins, 7 p.m., ESPN2
Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Angels, 10 p.m ESPN2
For updates on upcoming games click the link to ESPN’s Media Zone.
FOX SPORTS
This will be the 19th season of MLB on FOX; 15th consecutive World Series (17 total). FOX and FOX Sports 1 will split a 52-game schedule. FOX will air eight primetime games between May 24-July 12 and four games in September. There will be 20 Saturday doubleheaders; half split between FS1 & FOX with the other half all on FS1. All FS1 games will be non-exclusive, co-exists with local broadcasts.
FOX will have exclusive coverage of the All-Star Game in Minneapolis on July 15th and the World Series in October.
Harold Reynolds & Tom Verducci join Joe Buck as main broadcast team replacing Tim McCarver. The three will call all the major events on MLB on FOX including the All-Star Game and World Series with Ken Rosenthal and Erin Andrews as reporters. Matt Vasgersian & John Smoltz will be second tier team. Kevin Burkhardt will be the host of FOX Sports MLB pregame show with rotating analysts including new FOX hires Frank Thomas and C.J. Nitkowski.
Ryan Field and Chris Myers will split hosting duties on the new daily baseball show, MLB WhipAround, on FOX Sports 1 at 8 and 10 p.m. competing against MLB Tonight and Baseball Tonight.
MLB on FOX
Talent: Joe Buck, Harold Reynolds, Tom Verducci; Reporter - Ken Rosenthal, Erin Andrews (select); John Smoltz, Matt Vasgersian, Kenny Albert, Thom Brennaman
Studio: Kevin Burkhardt (Sat.), Ryan Field, Chris Myers, Frank Thomas, Gabe Kapler, Eric Karros, C.J. Nitkowski
Saturday MLB on FOX Sports 1 April Schedule
April 5, FS1, 1PM, Minnesota at Cleveland / 4PM, LA Dodgers at San Francisco
Tuesday April 8, FS1, 8PM, Cincinnati at St. Louis
April 12, 1PM, FS1, Boston at NY Yankees
April 19, 1PM, FS1, LA Angels at Detroit / 8PM, Arizona at LA Dodgers
April 26, 1PM, FS1, LA Angels at NY Yankees / 4PM, Pittsburgh at St. Louis
Baseball Night in America on FOX
May 24, FOX 7PM, St. Louis at Cincinnati /Washington at Pittsburgh / Kansas City at LA Angels
May 31, FOX 7PM, Tampa Bay at Boston / Pittsburgh at LA Dodgers
June 7, FOX 7PM, Boston at Detroit / NY Yankees at Kansas City / Oakland at Baltimore
June 14, FOX 7PM, Washington at St. Louis / Cincinnati at Milwaukee / LA Angels at Atlanta
June 21, FOX 7PM, Atlanta at Washington / Pittsburgh at Chicago / Detroit at Cleveland
June 28, FOX 7PM, Boston at NY Yankees / St. Louis at LA Dodgers / Washington at Ch Cubs
July 5, FOX 7PM, Baltimore at Boston / Texas at NY Mets / San Francisco at San Diego
July 12, FOX 7PM, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati / Washington at Philadelphia / LA Angels at Texas
Tuesday, July 15, FOX 7PM, 2015 All-Star Game, Target Field, Minneapolis
The rest of the schedule can be found at FOX Sports.com.
MLB Network
MLB Network will air 24 hour baseball coverage throughout the regular and postseason. MLB Tonight airs nightly as the pregame, in game and post game studio show for every major league game. Quick Pitch closes each night with the day’s highlights & in progress during late games. New programming this spring includes MLB High Heat with Sirius XM's Christopher 'Mad Dog' Russo.
MLB Network airs 30-40 games a month including the network produced Showcase games scheduled for several games a month and live simulcasts 3-5 dates a week. This season, they will air Sunday afternoon games weekly, until TBS returns. Strike Zone (on cable/satellite) will return with coverage games on Tuesday and Friday nights (MLB's answer to NFL Red Zone). MLB Network will once again air two division series games in October, leased from FOX Sports.
MLB Tonight
Talent: Matt Vasgersian, Greg Amsinger, Brian Kenny, Fran Charles, Harold Reynolds, Al Leiter, Dan Plesac, Mitch Williams, John Hart, John Smoltz, Billy Ripken; various others
Reporters: Ken Rosenthal, Jon Heyman, Tom Verducci, Peter Gammons, Sam Ryan
MLB Network Showcase
Bob Costas, Jim Kaat, Smoltz, Verducci (analyst/reporter), Ryan (reporter) Vasgersian, Kenny; various others
MLB Network Daily Programming
High Heat new (1 p.m.) Host: Christopher ‘Mad Dog’ Russo
The Rundown (2 p.m.) Host: Lauren Shehadi & Matt Yalloff
MLB Now (4 p.m.) Host: Brian Kenny
Intentional Talk (5 p.m.) Host: Chris Rose, Kevin Millar
MLB Tonight (6 p.m. & primetime) Featuring various talent
Quick Pitch (1 a.m.) Host: Heidi Watney or other talent
MLB Network Showcase April Schedule
Fri., April 4, Milwaukee Brewers at Boston Red Sox, 2 p.m.
Thu., April 10, Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, 7:00 p.m.
Thu., April 17, St. Louis Cardinals at Washington Nationals, 7:00 p.m.
Mon., April 21, Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox, 11:00 a.m.
Tues., April 22, New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox, 7:00 p.m.
Tues., April 29, Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees, 7:00 p.m.
For updates of upcoming games go to the MLB Network home page.
Turner Sports
TBS will air only 13 Sunday afternoons (without local blackouts) starting in July through the end of the season. They will air the entire postseason of one league including the Wild Card Tie Breaker, Two Divisional Series and the League Championship Series in its entirety. Sunday MLB on TBS schedule will be announced in the summer
Talent: Ernie Johnson, Ron Darling, Brian Anderson, Dick Stockton, Dennis Eckersley, Cal Ripken Jr
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