Cone, Perez, Ravech replace A-Rod, Vasgersian on ESPN Sunday

BRISTOL, Conn. — Former players David Cone and Eduardo Perez are joining Karl Ravech to signifier a caller broadcast squad for ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” telecasts.

Alex Rodriguez, the scandal-tainted three-time MVP who had been connected the telecasts during the past 4 seasons, volition displacement to 8 Sunday nighttime alternate telecasts connected ESPN2 with Michael Kay, a mainstay connected New York Yankees’ broadcasts since 1992.

Cone, a five-time All-Star and the 1994 AL Cy Young Award winner, had a 17-season large league vocation that ended successful 2003. The 59-year-old has been a broadcaster for the Yankees’ YES Network since 2011 aft archetypal stints successful 2002 and 2008-09. He volition enactment a reduced YES docket this season.

Perez, 52, had a 13-season vocation that ended successful 2006. He worked for ESPN from 2006-10, near for Cleveland’s beforehand office, coached for Miami and Houston, past returned to ESPN successful 2014.

Ravech, who turns 57 connected Jan. 19, joined ESPN successful 1993 and becomes the 4th play-by-play broadcaster connected ESPN’s Sunday broadcasts pursuing Jon Miller (1990-2010), Dan Shulman (2011-17) and Matt Vasgersian (2018-21).

Vasgersian had teamed with Rodriguez, who volition beryllium paired with Kay for “Kay-Rod” broadcasts connected ESPN2 that volition see Yankees-Red Sox games and 2 regular-season games connected ESPN. The brace volition enactment from some location studios and connected site, and their broadcasts are planned to see phantasy shot and analytics.

Kay, who turns 61 connected Feb. 2, has been a Yankees’ tv broadcaster since 2002 aft starting connected the team’s vigor commentary team.

Ravech and Perez person agreed to declaration extensions, ESPN said Friday.

Sunday nighttime broadcasts besides volition see reporting by Tim Kurkjian, Buster Olney and Marly Rivera.

ESPN volition denote its docket later. The MLB play is threatened by a absorption lockout that started aft the expiration of the corporate bargaining statement connected Dec. 1.