Who will be the Tigers' analyst for 'Sunday Night Baseball' on Easter?

Detroit — Jason Benetti will be working with a lot of new faces this season. But he'll also occasionally get to work with a familiar one, as is the case for the next "Sunday Night Baseball" broadcast, which will be on Easter at his home ballpark, Comerica Park, when the St. Louis Cardinals play the Tigers.

Benetti, in his third year as lead play-by-play TV man for the Tigers and in his first year as the lead guy on NBC's "SNB," will call the Tigers-Cardinals game alongside Detroit SportsNet colleague Andy Dirks. An NBC spokesperson confirmed to The News that Dirks and former Cardinals pitcher Brad Thompson will be the analysts for the Easter Sunday game. In renewing its partnership with Major League Baseball this season, NBC is using a rotation of game-specific team analysts for "SNB" — a throwback to a format that was popular in national baseball broadcasts of yesteryear.

Essentially, rather than one staple booth team — like Jon Miller and Joe Morgan for all those "SNB" broadcasts on ESPN over the years — Benetti will call every game, but work with different analysts each week. "The biggest complaint you hear during the postseason in baseball is, 'I can't hear my people. I can't hear my guys call the game,'" said Sam Flood, executive producer and president of production for NBC Sports.

"It's the best way to know exactly what's going on inside each clubhouse, on the field, who's hot, who's not, and what matters most to the fans. "We really want to honor that part of baseball. " Benetti, asked recently if it was a challenge to work with new analysts each week, shrugged off that idea.