FOX Sports will have to make a late switch for Game 3 of the NLDS, with Joe Davis out of the Dodgers’ broadcast booth and Kenny Albert stepping in on the call.
Andrew Marchand reported that Davis, the Dodgers’ play-by-play voice since 2016, has lost his voice and is considered “day-to-day.” Marchand also said Albert will handle Game 3 for Dodgers vs. Braves on Fox while Davis is under the weather.
Davis has been a fixture around Dodgers broadcasts for years. He first joined SportsNet LA as an alternate play-by-play announcer during Vin Scully’s final season in the booth, then took over the job the following year after Scully retired. Since then, he has spent more than a decade behind the microphone for Los Angeles.
His postseason résumé with FOX Sports is just as long. Davis first worked the playoffs for FOX in 2017, became a key part of the network’s postseason coverage, and officially moved into the lead play-by-play role in 2022. He also called the final moments of each of the Dodgers’ most recent World Series wins.
Because of his Dodgers ties, Davis has often been criticized for what some view as bias, something he has strongly pushed back on. After the 2025 postseason, he said: “These are exciting, highly emotional times as fans.
It’s what makes sports great that we all get a little irrational at points. Dodgers fans are going to get upset that I get excited for the other team.
The other teams are going to be upset if I’m the Dodger guy,”
For Game 3, though, Albert gets the assignment. Davis is expected back once he recovers.
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