Why Guardians' TV broadcasts are sometimes missing Matt Underwood, Rick Manning, Andre Knott
Cleveland fans might wonder where they've gone.
Why Guardians' TV broadcasts are sometimes missing Matt Underwood, Rick Manning, Andre Knott originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Cleveland Guardians have had a greater mix of TV broadcasters on their local telecasts this season than fans are used to.
It's not that Matt Underwood, Rick Manning or Andre Knott have gone away, but they have already had temporary absences, and that will continue to an extent. It's simply a change that the Guardians are undergoing this season, broken down in a new article by Cleveland. com's Paul Hoynes .
Why aren't Matt Underwood, Rick Manning and Andre Knott doing all the Guardians games? This is a change that has to do with the Guardians' broadcasts now being produced by Major League Baseball. "There are changes being made in who will call Guardians games on TV," Hoynes writes.
The moves started last year as directed by MLB, and they will continue this season. MLB is producing the local broadcasts for the Guardians and 13 other teams. This is the second year MLB has produced the Guardians’ local broadcasts.