There had been precious little to report in terms of Bally Sports or the Detroit Tigers search for their next play-by-play announcer in the wake of Matt Shepard’s departure until today. And this is really good news. Ilitch Companies announced on Thursday morning that they’ve hired Jason Benetti as the new Tigers play-by-play announcer.
The 40-year-old Benetti has been the White Sox announcer since 2016, and has been an alternate for Chicago Bulls broadcasts and many other sporting events in that time span as well. A Chicago native, Benetti is widely regarded as one of the best in the business, so this is a pretty excellent, and surprising bit of news.