{"id":520100,"date":"2026-01-14T16:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/520100\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:20:14","slug":"anthony-rizzo-is-being-considered-as-a-tv-analyst-for-nbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/520100\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Rizzo is being considered as a TV analyst for NBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Clayton Kershaw and Anthony Rizzo are also on NBC\u2019s radar, according to sources briefed on NBC and Peacock executives\u2019 pursuits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cAlso,\u201d as noted in that quote, includes former Cincinnati Reds star Joey Votto, which I think would be fantastic \u2014 Votto has appeared on a handful of broadcasts already and seems like a natural for it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">His outgoing personality makes him perfect for TV. The 36-year-old\u2019s experience with the Yankees and Cubs makes him a fan favorite with TV viewers in New York and Chicago, the country\u2019s first- and third-largest TV markets. The 2016 World Series champion with the Cubs can dissect the pressure of playing on the biggest stage. The veteran first baseman dipped his toe into the water as a pregame studio analyst with TBS this season. \u201cRizz played the New York media better than anybody\u2014and that\u2019s not easy,\u201d says a source. \u201cHe always had a smile on his face.\u201d But another TV executive wasn\u2019t so optimistic. \u201cRizzo wants in. But he\u2019d need to put in the work\u2014and open up more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">I concur with that. Rizzo does seem like the sort of guy who would put in the work necessary to become a good broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Front Office Sports also <a href=\"https:\/\/frontofficesports.com\/jason-benetti-nbc-baseball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported earlier this month<\/a> that former White Sox and current Tigers broadcaster Jason Benetti is the \u201cleading candidate\u201d to be the play-by-play voice for Sunday Night Baseball on NBC\/Peacock. This would also be an excellent choice, as Benetti has become one of the best in the business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">We will, of course, find out more about this in the coming weeks. What I am also hoping is that NBC treats SNB more like a baseball broadcast and less the sideshow that ESPN had made it in recent years. There were more features than baseball during many SNB broadcasts on ESPN, I suppose in an attempt to draw in more casual fans. What that did, though, was drive away many fans who wanted to just watch the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">I especially dislike players being mic\u2019d up during regular season games. It\u2019s a distraction to the player and never really adds much to the broadcast. During a Spring Training game, or even the All-Star Game? Sure, those games don\u2019t mean anything and can add some fun to such contests. But not during a regular-season game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">I do hope NBC hires Rizzo. Having signed on as a Cubs ambassador upon retiring last summer, he definitely wants to stay around the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clayton Kershaw and Anthony Rizzo are also on NBC\u2019s radar, according to sources briefed on NBC and Peacock&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,138,24,7407,4245,161,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-520100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-cubs","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-cubs","11":"tag-chicago-cubs-news","12":"tag-chicagocubs","13":"tag-cubs","14":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115894368605354459","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}