Originally Max Fried, Chris Paddack Were Starting New York, Miami Finale On Easter Sunday In Bronx New York Though, Max Fried, Pete Fairbanks Are Starting Instead

Originally Max Fried, Chris Paddack were starting New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Miami Finale on Easter Sunday in Bronx New York.

Though,

Instead Max Fried, Pete Fairbanks are starting!

Where?

On the mound!

Why?

Because Pete Faiirbanks needs to return to Florida as soon as possible because his wife Lydia is expected to give birth to their fourth child Monday as well because the game didn’t start at scheduled time because of inclement weather.

Chris Paddack is going to pitch out of bullpen!

At the time of starting pitching change Miami manager Clayton McCollugh shared his thoughts by saying with the rain delay I wanted Fairbanks to get back with the birth of his child If this was a normal start time, we would run things normally. We would have Chris start. With this [game] getting pushed back to potentially when it is going to happen, we want to get an inning or so out of Pete either way. He is going to be out of the mix for a few days, so we felt it was best to grab that early on.”

According to Bill Ladson’s MLB article https://www.mlb.com/news/pete-fairbanks-to-go-on-paternity-leave

Max Fried comes into the finale of three game series with record of 2-0 with an earn run average of 0.00 because on Thursday March 31, 2026 at Seattle he pitched 7.0 innings surrendering 3 hits, 0 earned runs, 1 walk while striking out 6 Seattle batters.

Pete Fairbanks comes into the finale with record of 0-0 with an earn run average of 0.00! On Thursday March 31, 2026 Pete Fairbanks pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking 3 Chicago (White Sox) batters.

New York the team that wears the pinstripes is a member of the American League East looking to sweep Miami because they come into the game with record of 7-1 because they won the first two games of the series including Saturday’s game 9-7 On Saturday in Bronx New York Giancarlo Stanton who is designated hitter for New York the team that wears the pinstripes singled to center scoring captain, right fielder Aaron Judge third baseman Ryan McMahon putting New York the team that wears the pinstripes ahead of Miami 8-6 in the 8th inning before first baseman Ben Rice scored on passed ball by Agustin Ramirez who is catcher making score 8-6 before Xavier Edwards singled to left scoring Otto Lopez who is shortstop in top of 9th inning. Though, before New York the team that wears pinstrips could win with Giancarlo Stanton singling to center scoring Aaron Judge , Ryan McMahon help New York the team that wears the pinstripes edge Miami New York the team that wears the pinstripes first had to rally from a 4-0 deficit. New York the team that wears the pinstripes rally started in the bottom of 5th inning when Cody Bellinger who is left fielder hit 2-run home run to right scoring Aaron Judge trimming New York the team that wears the pinstripes deficit to 4-2 . In the bottom of 5th inning. In the bottom of 6th inning Trent Grisham who is center fielder singled to left scoring first baseman Paul Goldschmidt who was pinch hitting trimming New York the team that wears the pinstripes deficit yet again this time this time 4-3 before Aaron Judge singled to right scoring Jose Caballero evening the score at 4-4 before Cody Bellinger hit sacrifice fly to left scoring Trent Grisham giving New York the team that wears the pinstripes their first lead at 5-4 before Giancarlo Stanton scored on pass ball by Miami catcher Augustin Ramirez extending New York the team that wears the pinstripes lead on Miami 6-4.

According to ESPN App

Giancarlo Stanton singling to center scoring Aaron Judge, Ryan McMahon offensively supported Ryan Weathers who started who pitched 3.2 innings surrendering 6 hits, 3 earned runs, 3 walks

To who?

Heriberto Hernandez who is left fielder for Miami who tripled to center scoring catcher Agustin Ramirez Otto Lopez who is second baseman who was playing shortstop giving Miami a 2-0 lead in top of 1st inning before Augistin Ramirez singled to center scoring Xavier Edwards who was playing second base who is shortstop extending Miami’s lead yet again over New York the team that wears the pinstripes this time 3-0 in top of 2nd inning before Jakob Marsee who is center fielder singled to left scoring Agustin Ramirez on Cody Bellinger’s throwing error. extending Miami’s lead over New York the team that wears the pinstripes 4-0.

According to ESPN App

Offensively Giancarlo Stanton singling scoring Aaron Judge, Ryan McMahon helped New York the team that wears the pinstripes edge Miami 9-1 offensively supported Ryan Weathers who started who pitched 3.2 innings surrendering 6 hits, 3 earned runs, 3 walks while striking out 4 Miami batters. ffensively Giancarlo Stanton singling scoring Aaron Judge, Ryan McMahon helped New York the team that wears the pinstripes edge Miami 9-1 offensively supported Ryan Weathers who started who pitched 3.2 innings surrendering 6 hits, 3 earned runs, 3 walks while striking out 4 Miami batters. Paul Blackburn who relieved Ryan Weathers who pitched 1.2 innings surrendering 3 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 2 Miami batters . Tim Hill who relieved Paul Blackburn who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Miami batters . Fernando Cruz who relieved Tim Hill who pitched 0.2 innings surrendering surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs, , 0 walks while striking out 1 Miami batter . Camilo Doval who relieved Fernando Cruz who 0.1 innings surrendering 3 hits, 2 earned runs , 0 walks while striking 1 Miami batter . Brent Headrick who relieved Camilo Doval who pitched 0.2 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 1 walks while striking out 0 Miami batters . David Bednar who relieved Brent Headrick who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 3 hits, 1 earned run , 1 walk while striking out 2 Miami batters.

According to ESPN App

Following Giancarlo Stanton singling to center scoring Aaron Judge , Ryan McMahon helped New York the team that wears the pinstripes edge Miami 9-7 Saturday in Bronx New York David Bednar who relieved Brent Headrick who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 3 hits, 1 earned run , 1 walk while striking out 2 Miami batters shared his thoughts by saying “I think it just shows the grit of our ballclub,”“We’ve got a really talented group. It really tested us today, but we came out on top.”

Following Giancarlo Stanton singling to center scoring Aaron Judge , Ryan McMahon helped New York the team that wears the pinstripes edge Miami 9-7 Cody Bellinger who hit 2-run home run scoring Aaron Judge to right 394 feet in bottom of 5th inning getting New York the team that wears the pinstripes off the snide on to scoreboard shared his thoughts by saying That’s a great win,”Wins come in many different ways, and that was just a well-fought-out game. Both teams kept punching each other back.”“That was good – the boys were fired up,”That was a huge extra run there. He’s just playing really well, and it’s really good to see.”

Following Giancarlo Stanton singling to center scoring Aaron Judge , Ryan McMahon helped New York the team that wears the pinstripes edge Miami 9-7 manager Aaron Boone shared his thoughts on his teams at bats by saying The quality of at-bats never went away,”It’s a scoring competition, not a hit competition. It seemed like everyone had a big at-bat tonight in some way, shape or form.”

Following Giancarlo Stanton singling to center scoring Aaron Judge , Ryan McMahon helped New York the team that wears the pinstripes edge Miami 9-7 Giancarlo Stanton shared his thoughts by saying “He gave me his whole arsenal, so I just wanted to stay back and make them play defense,”It wasn’t ideal conditions out there, so as long as I put the ball in play, it was important.”

Following Giancarlo Stanton singling to center scoring Aaron Judge , Ryan McMahon helped New York the team that wears the pinstripes edge Miami 9-7 Ryan Weathers who started who pitched 3.2 innings surrendering 6 hits, 3 earned runs, 3 walks while striking out 4 Miami batters shared his thoughts on his start by saying “I was ahead in the counts and just couldn’t put guys away,When I was over the plate tonight, I gave up a lot of weak contact and some weak hits. Those, I just have to live with them. This offense can win us a lot of ballgames.”

According to Bryan Hoch MLB article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/giancarlo-stanton-drives-in-2-steals-base-in-win

While New York the team that wears the pinstripes is looking to sweep Miami meanwhile who is a member of National East is looking salvage game out of series because Miami comes into finale with record of 5-3 because they’ve lost two straight games to New York the team that wears the pinstripes in this three game series. Miami’s most recent loss a 9-7 loss to New York the team that wears the pinstripes on Saturday where they began the game with a 2-0 3-0 lead because Ryan Weathers who started who pitched 3.2 innings surrendering 6 hits, 3 earned runs, 3 walks

To who?

Heriberto Hernandez who is left fielder for Miami who tripled to center scoring catcher Agustin Ramirez Otto Lopez who is second baseman who was playing shortstop giving Miami a 2-0 lead in top of 1st inning before Augistin Ramirez singled to center scoring Xavier Edwards who was playing second base who is shortstop extending Miami’s lead yet again over New York the team that wears the pinstripes this time 3-0 in top of 2nd inning before Jakob Marsee who is center fielder singled to left scoring Agustin Ramirez on Cody Bellinger’s throwing error. extending Miami’s lead over New York the team that wears the pinstripes 4-0.

According to ESPN App

Though,

That would be it offensively for Miami because Paul Blackburn who relieved Ryan Weathers who pitched 1.2 innings surrendering 3 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 2 Miami batters . Tim Hill who relieved Paul Blackburn who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Miami batters . Fernando Cruz who relieved Tim Hill who pitched 0.2 innings surrendering surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs, , 0 walks while striking out 1 Miami batter . Camilo Doval who relieved Fernando Cruz who 0.1 innings surrendering 3 hits, 2 earned runs , 0 walks while striking 1 Miami batter . Brent Headrick who relieved Camilo Doval who pitched 0.2 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 1 walks while striking out 0 Miami batters . David Bednar who relieved Brent Headrick who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 3 hits, 1 earned run , 1 walk while striking out 2 Miami batters while Miami relivers Andrew Nardi pitched 0.1 innings surrendering 1 earned run , 3 walks while Anthony Bender pitched 0.1 innings surrendering 2 hits, 2 earned runs while Michael Peterson pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 2 earned runs, 3 walks.

According to ESPN App

Following Miami’s 9-7 loss to New York the team that wears the pinstripes where the relievers surrendered runs manager Clayton McCullough shared on New York the team that wears the pinstripes offensively by saying They are very talented and they will be a big part of our team,” the skipper said.

“Credit to the Yankees. Their guys put together some good at-bats and really made [the bullpen] work. The Yankees came through in more moments than we did tonight. They put some balls in play and moved it to all fields. It doesn’t deter the ability that our group has. They just didn’t get it done tonight.”The game was a lot of fun,”“It was unfortunate to come up on the short end there, but our group showed a ton of grit and character, hung in there and came back. We saw Otto leading off the ninth and beating out that infield hit; [that] says a lot. We had some good at-bats. The Yankees had a few more moments than we did.”

According to Bill Ladson’s MLB article https://www.mlb.com/marlins/news/michael-petersen-struggles-in-marlins-loss-to-yankees

First pitch was originally set for 1:35pm from Yankee Stadium! Though, first pitch is to now be determined because of rain delay , inclement weather!

The game is going to be televised on Yes, Marlins TV!

On the Yes Network the broadcast is likely going to include Michael Kay or Ryan Ruocco alongside rotating analysts David Cone, Paul O Neil, Joe Girardi, Meredith Marakovits!

Michael Kay is the Emmy Award-winning Yankees play-by-play announcer for the YES Network who also hosts the network’s CenterStage series and its various programming specials. The 2025 season will be his 34th year broadcasting Yankees baseball: the first 10 years on radio, the latter 24 on YES.

Kay was a part of YES’ Yankees team that won a 2024 New York Emmy Award for its season-long coverage, a 2023 Emmy Award for its pre-game shows and a 2022 Emmy Award for Single Game Coverage.

Kay’s Centerstage show won a 2020 New York Emmy for best Interview/Discussion show. He also won a 2015 New York Emmy Award for his play-by-play work on YES’ Yankees telecasts, and a 2017 New York Emmy for his CenterStage hosting duties. In total, Kay has earned 19 Emmy wins while at YES. He also won CableFAX Program Awards in 2011 and 2013 for his CenterStage hosting duties.

From February 2014 to December 2024, Kay co-hosted The Michael Kay Show, a sports talk show heard weekdays from 3 to 6:30 pm ET on ESPN Radio in New York, which was simulcast live on YES. On January 6, 2025, Kay began solo hosting his new eponymous show on the same station from 1-3 pm ET weekdays.

During the 2022 and 2023 MLB seasons, Kay co-hosted, with former Yankee Alex Rodriguez, special “KayRod Casts,” alternate broadcasts on ESPN2 that aired alongside ESPN’s traditional Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts.

In November 2016, Kay was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in October 2018. The following month, he was awarded the Lou Gehrig Sports Award by the Greater New York Chapter of the A.L.S. Association.

Kay received the Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio in November 2018; WFUV is the radio station for Fordham University, Kay’s alma mater. Previous recipients of the Vin Scully Award include Dick Enberg, Ernie Harwell, Bob Costas, Al Michaels, Verne Lundquist, Pat Summerall and Mike “Doc” Emrick.

He was inducted into the inaugural Hall of Fame class of the prestigious Bronx High School of Science in February 2018. Kay was awarded the Italian American Baseball Federation Media Award in December 2022. In 2005, Kay was honored in his home borough of the Bronx with an honorary street sign erected on the Grand Concourse in his name. In December 2023, Kay was honored as a National Honoree by the Stamford (Ct.) Old Timers Athletic Association.

Kay handled play-by-play duties for ESPN’s coverage of the Astros-Tigers and the Blue Jays-Twins American League Wild Card Series in 2024 and 2023, respectively. He also did play-by-play on the ESPN Radio Network for the 2016 Blue Jays-Rangers American League Division Series, the 2013 Tigers-Athletics American League Division Series and the 2008 Phillies-Brewers National League Division Series. He also was a frequent contributor to ESPN’s Emmy Award-winning Sports Reporters television show.

Before joining the YES Network in 2002, Kay worked at the MSG Network since 1989 as a Yankees reporter. In 1992, he added Knicks locker room reporter to his responsibilities and continued in that role until the 1998-99 season.

Kay was awarded the Dick Young Award for Excellence in Sports Media by the New York Pro Baseball Scouts in 1995. In 1998, he was on the MSG Network team that won a New York Emmy for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage – Series.” In 1996 and 1997, he was a member of the MSG Network team that won New York Emmys for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage - Single Program” for Dwight Gooden’s no-hitter and “The Battle for New York: Yankees vs. Mets.” He was also part of the Yankees/MSG Network production team nominated for New York Emmy Awards for six consecutive years.

In addition to his television work, the Bronx, NY, native worked as a Yankees analyst on WABC Radio from 1992 through the 2001 season, which concluded with the classic Yankees-Diamondbacks World Series. Kay was a winner of “Best Sports Reporter” honors at the 2000 New York Metro Achievement in Radio Awards. In 1998, Kay also began co-hosting Sports Talk with John Sterling and Michael Kay, a nightly sports radio call-in show which aired on WABC Radio during the winter months.

Shortly after graduating from Fordham University in 1982 with a B.A. in Communications, Kay worked at SportsPhone and as the public address announcer for the New York Pro Summer Basketball League.

In 1982, Kay landed the job as general assignment writer for the New York Post. Two years later, he began covering college basketball (1984-85) and then spent two years as the writer covering the New Jersey Nets. In 1987, he moved to baseball at the Post, serving as the Yankees beat reporter. While he was in that position, he got his first television job with MSG Network as host of the Hot Stove League segment of MSG’s SportsNight.

In 1989, Kay moved to the New York Daily News, where he was the Yankees beat reporter before taking the job as a Yankees broadcaster on WABC Radio in 1992. With that jump, Kay became the first newspaper reporter in any sport to make the move into the broadcast booth full-time, performing both play-by-play and analysis.

Kay stayed on the radio for 10 years, broadcasting the Yankees’ four World Series championships during that time, before moving to the television side to become the lead play-by-play man for YES in 2002.

Kay has been involved in the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.), a charitable organization whose mission is to assist baseball community members. He co-hosted the 2013 B.A.T. fundraising dinner in New York. Kay also was master of ceremonies at the 2013 Thurman Munson Awards fundraising dinner in New York.

Kay is active with the Alzheimer’s Association in memory of his mother, Rose, who passed away from the disease in 2006. He also teamed up with former Yankees manager Joe Girardi and Girardi’s Catch 25 Foundation to organize annual charity dinners to raise money for Alzheimer’s research.

Kay and his wife Jodi Applegate have a daughter, Caledonia Rose Kay, born in January 2013, and a son, Charles Applegate Kay, born in November 2014.

Ryan Ruocco, who joined YES in 2007 as a statistician for the network’s New York Yankees telecasts, holds down various roles within the network’s Yankees coverage. He backs up YES’ play-by-play man Michael Kay, fills in hosting YES’ Yankees Pre- and Post-Game Shows and periodically handles clubhouse reporting duties. Ruocco also shares play-by-play duties with veteran Ian Eagle on YES’ Brooklyn Nets telecasts.

Ruocco has won six Emmy Awards while at YES. He was a part of the YES team which won a 2024 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Season category and was a member of the YES team which won a 2022 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Game category. Ruocco also earned individual New York Emmy nominations in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 for his work at the network.

In addition to his YES work, Ruocco is one of the primary NBA play-by-play voices on ESPN, is the lead play-by-play announcer for the network’s women’s college basketball package and is the lead play-by-play announcer for the WNBA on ESPN. Ruocco is also executive producer of the 2024 documentary Sue Bird: In the Clutch.

He also handled periodic NFL play-by-play on ESPN Radio, college football and college basketball play- by-play on ESPN’s television networks, and he co-hosted ESPN Radio New York’s mid-day show.

Ruocco also co-hosted the popular R2C2 podcast with former Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia from 2017 to 2023.

Prior to joining YES, Ruocco handled basketball and football play-by-play at WFUV, Fordham University’s radio station while he was a student there. He also hosted WFUV’s One on One, New York’s longest-running sports call-in show. In 2008, he received Fordham’s prestigious Marty Glickman Award, named for the legendary play-by-play announcer.

Ruocco, who grew up in Fishkill, N.Y., graduated on the Dean’s List from Fordham in 2008 with a B.S. in Communications.

David Cone, the strikeout artist who endeared himself to New York Yankees fans for his numerous clutch performances and for hurling a perfect game in 1999, initially joined YES as a Yankees analyst in 2002. After pitching for the Mets in 2003 and then retiring from baseball, he re-joined YES as an analyst for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. After a year away from the mic, he came back again to YES in 2011 and has been with the network ever since. Cone has won five New York Emmy Awards while at YES.

Since 2022, Cone has been a game analyst on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball telecasts in addition to his YES duties. In 2019, he collaborated on a book with YES colleague Jack Curry called Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher, which was a New York Times best-seller.

Cone compiled a 194-126 record, 3.46 ERA and 2,688 strikeouts in his 17-year Major League career. He captured the American League Cy Young Award in 1994 and was a five-time All-Star (1988, 1992, 1994, 1997 and 1999). The Kansas City, Mo. native, known for coming up big in critical games, posted an 8-3 postseason record and played on five world championship teams: the 1992 Blue Jays and the 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Yankees.

The flame-throwing right-hander was drafted by his hometown Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1981 amateur draft and made his Major League debut with the Royals in 1986. He played the next five and a half seasons with the Mets; in 1988, he ran up a 20-3 record, 2.22 ERA and 213 strikeouts, and on October 6, 1991, he struck out 19 Phillies in a game.

After short stints with the Blue Jays and the Royals (again), he joined the Yankees in 1995. His finest season in pinstripes was 1998, when he was 20-7 with a 3.55 ERA and 209 strikeouts. A year later, on July 18, 1999, he hurled a perfect game against the Montreal Expos, only the second inter-league perfect game in Major League history. Fellow Yankee Don Larsen’s World Series gem in 1956 was the first.

While with the Yankees from 1995-2000, Cone was 64-40 with a 3.91 ERA and 888 strikeouts. He pitched for Boston in 2001, sat out the 2002 season, and pitched briefly for the Mets in 2003 before retiring.

Paul O’Neill is in his 24th season as a New York Yankees analyst for the YES Network. He has earned five New York Emmy Awards for his work at YES.

O’Neill played Major League Baseball for 17 seasons, from 1985 to 2001. He appeared in six World Series and earned five World Series rings, one with the Cincinnati Reds and four with the New York Yankees. He also played in five All-Star games.

The Yankees honored him on August 21, 2022, by permanently retiring his No. 21 during “Paul O’Neill Day” at Yankee Stadium.

O’Neill began his MLB career in 1985 with the Reds. After eight seasons with Cincinnati, O’Neill joined the Yankees in 1993, with whom he won the American League batting title in 1994 with a .359 average. From July 23, 1995, until May 7, 1997, O’Neill played 235 games in right field without making an error. In 1997, he led the American League in hitting with men on base with a .429 average. On Aug. 25, 2001, O’Neill became the oldest Major Leaguer to steal 20 bases and hit 20 home runs in the same season.

He was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame in November 2017. In 2008, O’Neill was named “Father of the Year” by The National Father’s Day Council at its 67th Annual Father of the Year awards dinner in New York.

Former New York Yankees catcher Joe Girardi, who helped lead the Yankees to three World Championships in the 1990s as a player and later guided the team to the 2009 World Championship as a manager, re-joined the YES Network as a Yankees analyst in advance of the 2024 season. He previously had been a Yankees analyst for YES in 2004 and 2007.

In addition to managing the Yankees from 2008 to 2017, Girardi managed the Philadelphia Phillies from the 2020 season until June of 2022, and he also held that role with the Florida Marlins in 2006, with whom Girardi earned the National League Manager of the Year Award. Girardi also was the Yankees’ bench coach under manager Joe Torre during the 2005 season.

From 2022-24, Girardi served as a Chicago Cubs analyst on the Marquee Sports Network. Previously, he was an analyst with the MLB Network in 2018 and 2019. In addition, he was an analyst during the 2003 National League Division Series for ESPN Radio and provided the 2007 World Series pre-game analysis for FOX Sports.

In addition to his analyst work during his previous stints at YES, he won a New York Emmy Award for his hosting efforts on the network’s Kids on Deck series and was the star of The Joe Girardi Show.

A Peoria, Ill. Native, Girardi graduated from Spalding (Ill.) Institute in 1982 after earning All-State honors in baseball. He then played at Northwestern University, where he was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and three-time Academic All-American. He received his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northwestern in 1986.

He was drafted by the Cubs in the fifth round of the 1986 amateur draft. He broke into the majors in 1989 with the Cubs and later played three seasons for the Colorado Rockies (1993-1995). Girardi was acquired by the Yankees prior to the 1996 season and played key roles as New York won the World Series in 1996, 1998 and 1999.

One month after departing the Yankees as a free agent in November 1999, Girardi signed with the Cubs and played three additional seasons for Chicago, making the National League All-Star team in 2000.

He played one season for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2003 before signing with the Yankees as a free agent in February 2004. Girardi retired at the end of spring training, then joined YES.

Emmy Award-winning Meredith Marakovits was named the YES Network’s New York Yankees clubhouse reporter in March 2012. She reports on the team within the network’s Yankees game telecasts, pre- and post-game shows, Yankees Batting Practice Today and Yankees Hot Stove. She also periodically hosts the network’s Brooklyn Nets pre- and post-game shows.

Since 2023, Marakovits has hosted special Batting Practice All-Access shows from the Yankee Stadium field prior to select Yankees games. These All-Access shows consist of game previews, player interviews, pre-taped features, the answering of fan questions and more.

Marakovits has won nine New York Emmy Awards while covering the Yankees at YES, including two in 2023: one for her Yankees reporting duties and one for being an integral member of YES’ Yankees pre-game coverage. She also won an Emmy in 2024 for playing a vital role in YES’ season-long Yankees game coverage. In 2019, she was named to the “Top Women in Sports” list by the trade organization Cynopsis. The Cynopsis list recognizes female trailblazers in the sports industry; Marakovits was named in the On-Air Talent category.

Marakovits also appears on YES’ special Yankees programming and contributes to YESNetwork.com, the network’s Emmy Award-winning website, as well as YES’ various social media platforms. In January 2016, she travelled to the Dominican Republic to interview a number of Yankees players for YES’ Yankees Access show. She also hosted the weekly Joe Girardi Show on YES while Girardi managed the Yankees.

Marakovits frequently appears as a guest on MLB Network shows such as The Rundown and MLB Now.

Prior to joining the YES team, Marakovits worked for several Comcast SportsNet regional sports networks including SNY in New York, where she was an anchor and also contributed to SNY programs The Wheelhouse, Daily News Live and GEICO Sportsnite. At Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, Marakovits was a Philadelphia 76ers sideline reporter, as well as a contributor to Toyota Sportsnite. She was also a fill-in anchor at Comcast SportsNet New England.

On the radio side, Marakovits covered the Yankees and Mets for 1050 ESPN and contributed elsewhere to WFAN radio in New York. Preceding her work in New York, Marakovits served as the Phillies reporter for 950 ESPN Radio/97.5 the Fanatic in Philadelphia. While there, she covered back-to-back World Series, contributed to ESPN and ESPNews, and appeared on MLB’s first reality series, The Pen.

Earlier in her career, Marakovits served as the pre- and post-game host and field reporter for the Emmy Award-winning Lehigh Valley Ironpigs Television Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania; the IronPigs are the Phillies’ AAA affiliate. She also covered the Reading Phillies (AA affiliate) while there. Marakovits also worked for Service Electric 2’s sports division as a sideline reporter for college football, basketball, and indoor football broadcasts.

In December 2013, Marakovits’ alma mater, Allentown (Pa.) Central Catholic High School, inducted her into its Rockne Wall of Fame, for her athletic exploits. A Northampton, Pa. native, Marakovits is a graduate of La Salle University in Philadelphia, where she played volleyball and graduated in 2005 with a degree in Communications.

According to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/team/broadcasters

While Kyle Sielaff, Tommy Hutton , Jeff Nelson , Gaby Sanchez , Craig Minervinvi are commentating on Marlins TV!

Kyle Sielaff enters his second season as the lead TV play-by-play-voice of the franchise on Marlins.TV after spending 12 years with the Marlins Radio Network, two of them as the lead play-by-play voice. Sielaff’s recognizable voice previously hosted Marlins On Deck, as well as the Marlins Inside Corner radio program and team podcasts, in addition to calling select Marlins spring training and regular season games. Hailing from Trumansburg, N.Y., he graduated from the University of Miami with degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Sports Administration, calling select games for Miami Hurricanes men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, and baseball on ACC Network Extra.Marlins.TV Tommy Hutton heads into his twenty eighth season on Marlins broadcasts in 2026. The Emmy Award-winning Hutton’s coverage of the team dates back to 1997 and includes four seasons on the “Marlins Live” pregame/postgame set. This will be Hutton’s twenty third season in the Marlins TV booth, which he rejoined in 2022 as part of a rotation of in-game analysts.

A Los Angeles native, Hutton made his Major League debut for his hometown Dodgers in 1966 and was named to the 1972 Topps MLB All-Rookie team. He played 12 seasons as an infielder/outfielder for the Dodgers, Phillies, Blue Jays and Expos. He had previous broadcast stints with the Expos, Yankees and Blue Jays and has also appeared on national telecasts for ESPN, ABC and NBC. Hutton resides in Palm Beach Gardens and is a Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame inductee.Jeff Nelson returns for a fifth season as an in-game analyst on Marlins.TV in 2026. He also serves as an analyst on the “Marlins Live” pregame/postgame shows, a role he has held since 2016, and works as a color analyst on the Marlins Radio Network. In addition to his Marlins coverage, Nelson broadcasts Yankees games for YES Network and WFAN. He has also worked as an analyst for MLB.com and a host on SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio.A Baltimore native, Nelson spent 15 seasons as a Major League reliever and won four World Series titles as a member of the Yankees. He also had three stints with the Mariners and represented Seattle in the 2001 All-Star Game.

Gaby Sánchez begins his fifth season as an in-game analyst on Marlins.TV in 2026. He has been with the network since 2018 and also serves as a “Marlins Live” pregame/postgame analyst and host of “Marlins All-Access,” an award-winning show that takes fans behind the scenes with the team. The Emmy Award-winning Sánchez also covers Atlantic Coast Conference baseball for ESPN.

A Miami native, Sánchez starred at the University of Miami and then spent parts of five seasons playing first base for the Marlins (2008-12) before finishing his Major League career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He represented the Marlins at the 2011 All-Star Game.

Rod Allen enters his fifth season with the Marlins in 2026, serving as an analyst on Marlins.TV pregame and postgame coverage as well as an analyst on the Marlins Radio Network. A winner of multiple Emmy Awards, Allen previously spent 16 years calling Detroit Tigers games after a five-year run on Arizona Diamondbacks broadcasts. He has also provided analysis on Fox Game of the Week regional telecasts.

A Los Angeles native, Allen was an outfielder/DH for Seattle, Detroit and Cleveland in the 1980s before finishing his playing career in Japan. He played in 15 games for the Tigers’ 1984 World Series champion team and set a Japanese regular-season record by homering in four consecutive at-bats. Allen worked as a minor league hitting instructor in the Marlins organization from 1992-95 before starting his broadcasting career.

Jack McMullen Jack McMullen begins his second season as the radio play-by-play voice of the franchise after spending his previous three years in Indianapolis with the Triple-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. McMullen's previous baseball play-by-play stops came with the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps, the Short-Season Auburn Doubledays, and the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

A native of Oak Park, IL, McMullen graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Broadcast and Digital Journalism. His work can also be seen and heard with Just Baseball Media, where he serves as a host for both The Just Baseball Show and The Call Up | An MLB Prospect Podcast.

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