Braves telecasts will have a new in-game reporter this season as Fox Sports South and Fox Sports Southeast aren’t bringing back Kelsey Wingert, who was part of the broadcast team the past four years.
A new reporter has been hired and is expected to be announced soon by the regional sports networks. The Braves declined to comment on the change.
Fox Sports South/Southeast hires the broadcasters for Braves games, typically in consultation with the team on the play-by-play and analyst positions.
Losing Wingert from the telecasts is unpopular with many Braves fans, judging from the reaction on social media to the news, first reported by The Athletic.
Braves CEO Derek Schiller said last month that play-by-play announcer Chip Caray and lead analyst Jeff Francoeur would remain on the telecasts this season, but didn’t address the position of field reporter at that time.
The Braves' first two exhibition games, Saturday against Baltimore and Sunday against Detroit, both at the new spring-training stadium in North Port, Fla., will be on Fox Sports Southeast. Caray and Francoeur are scheduled to work those games, along with returning reporter Paul Byrd.
