The Milwaukee Brewers’ TV booth has settled into a familiar spot in Awful Announcing’s annual local MLB broadcast rankings: ninth place, again.
The sports-media site released its latest voter-driven list, and the Brewers earned a score of 2.60, putting them just behind the eighth-place Toronto Blue Jays at 2.62 and ahead of the 10th-place Baltimore Orioles at 2.55. Milwaukee finished eighth in 2024 and ninth in 2023, so the crew has now landed in that same neighborhood three years running.
The Brewers’ broadcast group was listed as Jeff Levering, Brian Anderson, Craig Coshun, Bill Schroeder, Tim Dillard, Vinny Rottino and Sophia Minnaert. Awful Announcing said, "Milwaukee continues to field a top-ten broadcast team admired by many of its viewers," and added that voters praised Anderson and Levering as the "best one-two combo in MLB."
The site also highlighted Minnaert, saying graders called her "the best field reporter in sports" for her insightful, bilingual player interviews. Schroeder drew praise for his "comfortable" familiarity, while Dillard and Rottino were credited with bringing "fresh perspectives."
The broadcasts, according to the comments gathered, felt "polished," "friendly," and "deeply knowledgeable."
Awful Announcing said the ranking drew 85,000 individual votes from 9,300 respondents, with readers assigning letter grades from A to F and weighing in on the teams they watched.
At the top of the list, the San Diego Padres earned the No. 1 spot with a 3.07 score. That group includes former Brewers outfielder Tony Gwynn Jr. and former Brewers pitcher Bob Scanlan.
A few other Wisconsin ties showed up throughout the rankings. Racine native Duane Kuiper was part of the second-ranked San Francisco Giants crew, which scored 3.02.
Former Brewers pitcher Ben McDonald is on the Orioles team that came in 10th. Beloit College graduate Joe Davis leads the 14th-place Dodgers booth at 2.22.
Former Brewers catcher Dave Valle is part of the 15th-place Mariners group at 2.21.
Former Brewers announcer Cory Provus is the Twins’ play-by-play lead, and Brewers Hall of Famer Paul Molitor is also on that 16th-place team at 2.18. Former Brewers utility man Mark Sweeney is part of the Cardinals’ 18th-place broadcast crew at 2.13.
Former Brewers announcer Joe Block is one of the Pirates’ lead play-by-play voices, alongside former Brewers infielder Neil Walker, and Pittsburgh checked in 20th at 2.01. Former Brewers closer Dan Plesac is on the White Sox team that ranked 21st at 1.99.
Awful Announcing also noted that Tampa Bay’s 13th-place crew at 2.26 includes a Brian Anderson, with the reminder that he is not the Brewers broadcaster, not the former Brewers infielder, and, as the site put it, there are many Brian Andersons. It's like the Matrix.
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