Overview
- ESPN announced Monday that Jeff Passan signed a multi-year extension to remain the network’s senior MLB insider.
- As part of the deal, Passan will launch a new baseball podcast produced with Omaha Productions, Peyton Manning’s media company.
- Passan will keep delivering breaking news and analysis across ESPN.com and key shows such as SportsCenter and The Pat McAfee Show.
- The agreement arrives as ESPN pivots its MLB strategy after a mutual opt-out of a $550 million annual rights deal, with NBC taking Sunday Night Baseball and the Wild Card and Netflix carrying the Home Run Derby while ESPN leans into MLB.tv on its app and a limited weekday package.
- The longtime MLB reporter, who joined ESPN in 2019 after 13 years at Yahoo Sports and has multiple national writing honors, publicly shared the news on X ahead of the March 25 season opener.