Major League Baseball Postseason 2016
American League Wild Card Game, TBS
The Postseason Show on TBS presenting team - Casey Stern presented alongside Pedro Martinez, Gary Sheffield and Jimmy Rollins from Atlanta, Georgia
Baltimore Orioles @ Toronto Blue Jays - Ernie Johnson Jr, Ron Darling and Cal Ripken Jr, with Sam Ryan as field reporter
National League Wild Card Game, ESPN
Baseball Tonight presenting team - Karl Ravech presented alongside Dallas Braden, Eduardo Perez and Tim Kurkjian from Citi Field
San Francisco Giants @ New York Mets - Dan Shulman, Jessica Mendoza and Aaron Boone, with Buster Olney as field reporter
American League Division Series, TBS
The Postseason Show on TBS presenting team - Casey Stern presented alongside Gary Sheffield, Pedro Martinez and Jimmy Rollins from Atlanta, Georgia
Toronto Blue Jays v Texas Rangers - Brian Anderson, Dennis Eckersley and Joe Simpson, with Matt Winer as field reporter
Boston Red Sox v Cleveland Indians - Ernie Johnson Jr, Ron Darling and Cal Ripken Jr, with Sam Ryan as field reporter
National League Division Series, Fox Sports 1
MLB on Fox presenting team - Kevin Burkhardt presented alongside Alex Rodriguez, Pete Rose and Frank Thomas from Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Dodgers v Washington Nationals - Kenny Albert, Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci, with Jon Paul Morosi as field reporter*
San Francisco Giants v Chicago Cubs - Matt Vasgersian and John Smoltz, with Ken Rosenthal as field reporter**
*Except Game Three, which was covered by the MLB Network, commentary from Bob Costas and Jim Kaat, with Morosi as field reporter.
**Except Game Two, which was covered by the MLB Network, commentary from Costas and Smoltz, with Rosenthal as field reporter.
American League Championship Series, TBS
The Postseason Show on TBS presenting team - Casey Stern presented alongside Gary Sheffield, Pedro Martinez and Jimmy Rollins from Rogers Centre and Progressive Field
Toronto Blue Jays v Cleveland Indians - Ernie Johnson Jr, Ron Darling and Cal Ripken Jr, with Sam Ryan as field reporter
National League Championship Series, Fox Sports 1
MLB on Fox presenting team - Kevin Burkhardt presented alongside Alex Rodriguez, Pete Rose and Frank Thomas from Wrigley Field and Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Dodgers v Chicago Cubs - Joe Buck and John Smoltz, with Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci as field reporters
World Series, Fox
MLB on Fox presenting team - Kevin Burkhardt presented alongside Alex Rodriguez, Pete Rose and Frank Thomas from Progressive Field and Wrigley Field
Chicago Cubs v Cleveland Indians - Joe Buck and John Smoltz, with Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci as field reporters
Tom Verducci joined Fox's Pregame panel during the World Series and for the games played in Chicago during the NLCS. Fox Sports 1 were studio-based, rather than at Dodgers Stadium, for the LA leg of the NLCS. CJ Nitkowski and Dontrelle Willis did a few studio punditary stints during the NLDS, although the main trio were the core crew. Kevin Burkhardt hosted the World Series trophy presentation, as he did for the NLCS (Ernie Johnson Jr did so for the ALCS).
BT Sport broadcast the US national telecasts during the MLB Postseason, with the exception of the World Series, where they took coverage from MLB International with commentary from Matt Vasgersian and Buck Martinez.
The latter replaced John Smoltz, who has been promoted to the main Fox team, replacing Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci as their solo colour commentator. Buck Martinez was a notable choice as he is the lead announcer on the Toronto Blue Jays' local telecasts on Sportsnet, who also hold postseason TV rights across Cananda. Sportsnet took their postseason coverage from US TV - including for games involving the Blue Jays - up until the World Series, where they took MLB International. For the All-Star Game during the summer, Matt Vasgersian had handled MLB International's commentary with Mark DeRosa, so the addition of Martinez was a change on that.
The whole of the World Series was broadcast on BT Sport 1 - so was free to all BT broadband customers. Every game was also available for live streaming via the BT Sport app.