Here’s how the Red Sox radio broadcasts will shake out this season
Will Flemming is the successor to Joe Castiglione as the lead play-by-play announcer. He’ll be the constant in the booth.
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The Red Sox, who have oversight on the team’s radio broadcasts beginning this season even as they remain on WEEI, have been unusually slow in formally announcing their broadcast team — or for that matter informing everyone involved of their schedules. They know the season opens Thursday, presumably.
But here’s how the radio broadcasts will shake out, with a couple of variables still to be settled:
⋅ Will Flemming is the successor to Joe Castiglione as the lead play-by-play announcer. He’ll be the constant in the booth.
⋅ Will Middlebrooks will be an analyst for approximately 70 games. He’ll also have some NESN studio duties.
⋅ Lou Merloni, who is the main analyst on NESN now (100-ish games), is expected to call around 20 on the radio.
⋅ Mike Monaco will be part of approximately 30 radio broadcasts, some with Flemming. He is Dave O’Brien’s play-by-play backup on NESN, as well.
⋅ Sean McDonough expects to have the same workload as in recent years (20-25 games), but his schedule is to be determined.
⋅ Expect to hear Castiglione, who retired from his full-time role at the end of last season after 42 seasons as the Red Sox’ radio voice, in the booth on occasion. He is scheduled to work 30 events — including sponsors’ events — on behalf of the Sox, but does not know what his broadcast schedule looks like yet.
⋅ It has been reported elsewhere that former Red Sox Jackie Bradley Jr. and Rich Hill could serve as analysts from time to time, but sources here have not confirmed that.
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