World Baseball Classic announcers for 2023 include Tyler Maun, Buck Martinez, and nine others. 11 WBC broadcasters covered the tournament this year.
The World Baseball Classic is an international tournament approved by IBAF and WBSC, partnered with MLB. Major League Baseball and all other professional baseball leagues, including their player associations, proposed the idea for this tournament to IBAF.
Being one of the two important senior baseball tournaments approved by WBSC, it is the only one that grants the title of World Champion to the winner. The WBC tournament is held every four years according to the planning finalized in 2009.
This year's tournament was initially scheduled for 2021 but was postponed due to the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic. Japan, Taiwan, and the United States are the nations chosen to host the tournament this year.
Fox Network is responsible for airing the live coverage of all 47 World Baseball Classic games this year. They will cover the events over multiple channels, including Fox, FS1, FS2, and Fox Deportes. It will also be accessible on the Fox Sports app in the United States.
Here are the world baseball classic broadcasters tasked with providing the play-by-play report on different Fox channels.
Tyler Maun has been a freelance broadcaster of WSBC since 2015. Tyler also works as a senior editorial and social producer for the prospects of MiLB.
Additionally, he has been working with the University of Denver to cover Play-By-Play commentary for the past 14 years.
Maun represents three Fox channels, FS1, FS2, and Tubi, to cover ten WBC games on alternative time frames. He worked with Ryan Rowland-Smith for five days starting March 7, 2023.
Ryan Rowland-Smith is a former baseball pitcher from Seattle Mariners. Ryan started working as a baseball analyst and commentator after his retirement.
Rowland-Smith was a non-drafted free agent signed by the Seattle Mariners on November 19, 2000. Following his MLB debut in 2007, he played in the Major leagues for eight years before retiring in 2015.
The former pitcher is an analyst for ESPN radio shows and post-game shows of the Seattle Mariners, making him a candidate for the announcer in WBC 2023. He accompanies Tyler Maun to broadcast ten games on alternative time frames for the event.
Buck Martinez WBC broadcasting alongside his buddy Rich Waltz has made his fans excited about his return. Buck is a play-by-play commentator for Toronto Blue Jays.
The former baseball catcher and manager has a wide fanbase ever since he started his career as an announcer. His appearance in Baseball Canada's red attire has taken people's attention as he made a strong impression on the Facebook post by the Jays.
John Albert "Buck" Martinez played 17 seasons in his baseball career before announcing his retirement in 1986. Following that, he began his broadcasting career in 1987 with the Toronto Blue Jays, announcing their games on MLB Network.
Martinez and Waltz will cover ten games during the WBC tournament on Fox, FS1 and FS2 for five days, starting March 11, 2023.
Rich Waltz is a play-by-play commentator calling for MLB Network about MLB games. Waltz is a veteran sportscaster famous for pairing with Buck Martinez.
Waltz and Martinez are responsible for broadcasting the games on three Fox network channels at alternative times in the last five days of the WBC 2023. They also have experience broadcasting WBC games together in 2013 and 2017, and people are excited to see them again this year.
The three-time Emmy-winning announcer Waltz is famous for covering TV broadcasts for Miami Marlins for 12 years. Previously, when he was removed by Fox Sports and Marlins, the fans and media supported him by criticizing them for their decision.
Stephen Nelson is a broadcaster for the MLB Network, NHL Network, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Stephen is the only Major league announcer of Asian origin.
Nelson has been hosting games on the MLB Network since March 2018. Before that, he worked for almost four years with the Bleacher Report.
The Fox network paired Stephen to cover ten games at the WBC tournament 2023 alongside his broadcasting partner Jose Mota.
Jose Mota is a Los Angeles Dodgers play-by-play commentator on Spectrum Sportsnet LA. Jose is a former second baseman from Kansas City Royals.
The Dominican baseball broadcaster will cover ten WBC games on three Fox Channels at alternative times for five days until March 12, 2023. He is paired with Stephen Nelson to cover FS1, FS2, and Tubi.
He is fluent in multiple languages making him suitable to pair with Stephen Nelson to cover Japan, South Korea, and China. Before joining the Dodgers, he covered Major League Baseball for Fox in 2006.
Dave Flemming is one of the announcers for the World Baseball Classic in 2023. Dave has been a play-by-play broadcaster for the San Francisco Giants since 2003.
Similarly, Flemming has been an analyst covering the ESPN network's college basketball and football games for the past 13 years. Fox has selected Dave to cover ten games on alternative networks for five days from March 11, 2023.
Flemming would broadcast with his partner Yonder Alonso on FS1 and FS2 networks. They will be representing ten games at the 2023 WBC tournament.
Yonder Alonso is an analyst at MLB Network and a former professional baseball player. Yonder announced his retirement from MLB on November 20, 2020.
The former All-Star player played for six teams during his decade-long career at MLB. Later, Yonder joined the MLB Network as an on-air analyst, starting a new journey in his professional life.
Alonso will pair with Dave Flemming to broadcast ten games for five days during the World Baseball Classic 2023. He will be announcing the updates on FS1 and FS2 channels.
Joe Davis is a play-by-play broadcaster for Los Angeles Dodgers game updates on Spectrum SportsNet LA. Joe is also an announcer for National MLB games on Fox Sports.
Working with Fox Sports since 2014, Joe has been announcing for multiple college football, basketball and MLB games during national events.
Davis will be commentating for Great Britian Vs United States game from WBC 2023 on Fox, alongside John Smoltz and Ken Rosenthal.
John Smoltz is a former professional baseball star player with multiple achievements during his 22 years of career. John became an analyst after retiring in 2009.
The former CY Young Award-winning pitcher was also inducted into the National Baseball Hall Of Fame in 2015 with an 82.9% vote on the first ballot.
Fox Sports hired the eight-time All-Star player John in 2014 as a game analyst for the MLB broadcasts on the network. For WBC 2023, he is pairing with Joe Davis and Ken Rosenthall to cover the broadcasts and game analysis.
The broadcasting timeline and annoucners covering for the WBC games were provided by Fox Sports on March 2, 2023. Likewise, the championship broadcast will be covered on FS1, FOX, and Fox Deportes channels.
Meanwhile, Awfulannouncing released an outline of the announcers responsible for World Feed coverage on the Fox channels.
The announcers for the championship game on March 21, 2023 are Pedro Moura, Jake Mintz, Jordan Shusterman, Deesha Thosar and Rowan Kavner.
They will be responsible for the network’s comprehensive coverage along with the game analysis and play-by-play broadcast.
