Now Batting for Fox Sports … Number 2 … Derek Jeter
Derek Jeter is going to bat for Fox Sports and its Major League Baseball coverage starting this season. The announcement was made on the Fox Big Game Pregame show as…
Former New York Yankee Derek Jeter looks on during a press conference at Yankee Stadium on December 21, 2022 in Bronx, New York.
Dustin Satloff/Getty ImagesDerek Jeter is going to bat for Fox Sports and its Major League Baseball coverage starting this season.
The announcement was made on the Fox Big Game Pregame show as the Yankees legend joined fellow Yankee Alex Rodriguez and New York Giants Hall of Famer Michael Strahan.
It was not made clear whether Jeter will only do studio work or if he will go into the booth as well. But in all likelihood joins the front desk with Rodriguez and former Red Sox rival David "Big Papi" Ortiz.
The Major League Baseball season is on tap with spring training starting this week and the regular season opening March 30.
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Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.
