Overview
- Sports Media Watch reports that MLB Network’s Matt Vasgersian is expected to handle play-by-play for the Giants–Yankees opener on March 25, with no comment from Netflix or MLB Network.
- Front Office Sports reports that Lauren Shehadi has been tapped as Netflix’s reporter for Opening Night, with plans to work the Home Run Derby and Field of Dreams Game.
- Elle Duncan, hired in December as Netflix’s first full-time sports broadcaster, is expected to anchor the studio coverage for the telecast.
- The standalone opener at Oracle Park in San Francisco is scheduled for 8:05 p.m. ET on March 25, the night before leaguewide Opening Day.
- Reporting from The Athletic indicates Netflix has pursued Barry Bonds and C.C. Sabathia for on-site pregame and postgame roles, with final broadcast assignments still unannounced.