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In 2021, ESPN and Major League Baseball agreed to a new contract that would last through the 2028 season. Beginning in 2022, ESPN would keep ''Sunday Night Baseball'' as its ''Game of the Week'' broadcast, but would no longer televise non-exclusive weeknight games unlike in previous years. It also gave ESPN the option to produce an alternate telecast on its sister networks (such as the popular alternate "StatCast" seen on ESPN2), as well as [[Simulcasting|simulcasts]] on [[ESPN+]].<ref>{{Cite press release |title=The Walt Disney Company, ESPN and Major League Baseball Reach Long-Term Rights Extension for Fully Exclusive, Marquee Schedule |url=https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2021/05/the-walt-disney-company-espn-and-major-league-baseball-reach-long-term-rights-extension-for-fully-exclusive-marquee-schedule/ |language=en |last1=Hughes |first1=Katie |access-date=May 23, 2021 |website=ESPN Press Room}}</ref>
Matt Vasgersian left ESPN after the [[2021 Major League Baseball season|2021 season]] to focus more on his duties for [[MLB Network]] and [[Bally Sports West]], as he is the lead announcer for the [[Los Angeles Angels]], which in part, due to ''SNB'', saw his role taken by [[Daron Sutton]] and [[Rich Waltz]] for most of the [[2021 Los Angeles Angels season|2021 season]]. On January 7, 2022, ESPN announced that Karl Ravech would become the fourth play-by-play announcer for ''Sunday Night Baseball'', joined by analysts David Cone and Eduardo Pérez.<ref name="KayRod">{{Cite press release |title=ESPN Unveils New Sunday Night Baseball Strategy as First Year of MLB Rights Extension Begins |url=https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2022/01/espn-unveils-new-sunday-night-baseball-strategy-as-first-year-of-mlb-rights-extension-begins/ |language=en |last1=Cafardo |first1=Ben |access-date=January 8, 2022 |website=ESPN Press Room}}</ref>
On May 14, 2023, ESPN was widely criticized<ref>{{cite news |last=Dixon|first=Michael|date=May 14, 2023|title=ESPN comes under fire for awkward MLB, NHL coverage|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/espn-mlb-nhl-playoff-coverage-criticism.html|work=Awful Announcing|location= |access-date=May 17, 2023}}</ref> for its decision to implement a [[Split screen (video production)|split screen]] between its [[NHL on ESPN|coverage]] of Game 6 of the [[2023 Stanley Cup playoffs#(P1) Vegas Golden Knights vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers|Stanley Cup Playoff
[[Jon Sciambi]], the lead voice for [[ESPN Radio]]'s [[Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio|MLB coverage]], will fill in for Ravech when the latter is on assignment for ESPN, most notably during the [[Little League World Series]].
====KayRod Cast====
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