A-Rod to join ESPN's 'Sunday Night Baseball' booth

As Aaron Boone departs ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" crew to take over as manager for the New York Yankees, another former Bronx Bomber is set to take his place.

Alex Rodriguez will join Jessica Mendoza, Buster Olney and incoming hire Matt Vasgersian to form ESPN's new team for broadcasts, the network announced Tuesday.

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Rodriguez will continue to do postseason studio work for Fox Sports. The arrangement became possible when Disney, ESPN's parent company, paid $52.4 billion to acquire most of 21st Century Fox's assets, including regional sports networks.

"I'm looking forward to this new chapter in my broadcasting career," Rodriguez said in a statement. "It's an exciting time in baseball and now I get that front row seat to tell that story every Sunday night on ESPN as well as calling my fourth post season on Fox where I started this journey."

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Rodriguez, 42, joined Fox Sports as a full-time analyst in 2017 after spending two postseasons as a guest studio analyst. Rodriguez was released by the Yankees in 2016, serving as a special instructor and advisor for the team last year while finishing out his 10-year, $275 million contract.

Rodriguez will also appear in and serve as executive producer of several ESPN specials, the network announced.

Vasgersian will replace Dan Shulman on play-by-play. Shulman announced last year that he was leaving the "Sunday Night Baseball" broadcast team to spend more time with his family in Toronto.

--Field Level Media