ESPN has signed Benetti to a multiyear contract extension, so the TV voice of the Chicago White Sox will continue to call college football and basketball along with Major League Baseball on the side for the sports media giant.
“I enjoy doing it,” Benetti said of his busy announcing schedule. “I miss doing it when I don’t have games, and I think the enthusiasm is easy to push through the screen.”
Benetti, 37, has been more than game for whatever ESPN has thrown at him since first joining the network in 2011.
This week, for example, while his White Sox announcing ended with Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Cubs, he has been part of a Statcast-driven stream for the ESPN Plus subscription streaming service with Kyle Peterson and Mike Petriello.