Possible Candidates For NBC’s Baseball Coverage Revealed

Meanwhile, Brown cut his teeth with the Washington Nationals as the broadcaster of their AAA affiliate, the Syracuse Chiefs, in 2011 before become the radio broadcaster for the Orioles in 2019, eventually becoming the team’s television broadcaster in 2022.  He also called high school and college football, hockey, and basketball on ESPN beginning in 2016.  Brown’s most controversial moment came in 2023, when he was critical of the Orioles’ poor road record at Tropicana Field and was suspended by the team.  That led to chants of “Free Kevin Brown” at Camden Yards.  He’d return to the booth after missing nearly three weeks.

Marchand also reports that NBC is eyeing recently-retired Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw as a possible analyst for their studio coverage and could be in the booth for “a game or two.”  NBC previously used the television color commentators for the individual teams when they last had baseball broadcasts, and could easily continue that practice.  NBC Sports president Rick Cordella told sports media writer Richard Deitsch last year that the network was planning on doing an on-site studio show for their broadcasts.