Where do Brewers announcers rank in website's annual rankings?
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Sports-media website Awful Announcing released its annual ranking of local MLB TV broadcast teams, as determined by voters, and the Milwaukee Brewers unit finished in ninth place for a second straight year.
The process invites readers to give a letter grade (A to F) and share comments on the teams they've seen, a process that garnered 85,000 individual votes from 9,300 respondents.
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The Brewers team ranked eighth in 2024 and ninth in 2023, so they seem to have a steady place in this range.
The announcers (listed as Jeff Levering, Brian Anderson, Craig Coshun, Bill Schroeder, Tim Dillard, Vinny Rottino and Sophia Minnaert) got a score of 2.60, lodged between the eighth-place Toronto Blue Jays team (2.62) and 10th-place Baltimore Orioles (2.55).
"Milwaukee continues to field a top-ten broadcast team admired by many of its viewers," the site wrote. "Graders shared appreciation for Anderson and Levering as the 'best one-two combo in MLB.' Sideline reporter Minnaert received near-unanimous praise, with graders calling her 'the best field reporter in sports' for her insightful, bilingual player interviews. Longtime analyst Schroeder provides 'comfortable' familiarity, while newer analysts Dillard and Rottino add 'fresh perspectives.' Graders consistently appreciated that the TV broadcasts feel 'polished,' 'friendly,' and 'deeply knowledgeable.'"
The San Diego Padres team, which includes former Brewers outfielder Tony Gwynn Jr. and former Brewers pitcher Bob Scanlan, were given the top score in the rankings at 3.07
Other announcer connections involving Wisconsin in Awful Announcing's rankings
- Racine native Duane Kuiper, a longtime broadcaster for the San Francisco Giants, was part of the team given the No. 2 ranking, with a score of 3.02.
- Former Brewers pitcher Ben McDonald is part of the Orioles team that ranks 10th.
- Beloit College graduate Joe Davis, who's become one of the foremost national broadcast voices, is the lead play-by-play man for the 14th-place Dodgers team (2.22).
- Former Brewers catcher Dave Valle is part of the 15th-place Mariners unit (2.21).
- Former Brewers announcer Cory Provus serves as Twins play-by-play lead, and Brewers Hall of Famer Paul Molitor is also part of the broadcast team ranked 16th (2.18).
- Former Brewers utility man Mark Sweeney is part of the St. Louis Cardinals team that ranks 18th (2.13).
- Former Brewers announcer Joe Block is one of the lead play-by-play announcers for the Pirates, as is former Brewers infielder Neil Walker. They rank 20th (2.01).
- Former Brewers closer Dan Plesac is part of the White Sox crew that ranks 21st (1.99).
- Tampa Bay (13th at 2.26) also has a Brian Anderson. No relation to the Brewers' broadcaster. And no, not the former Brewers infielder. There are many Brian Andersons. It's like the Matrix.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Where do Brewers announcers rank in website's annual rankings?