Where do Milwaukee Brewers announcers rank in annual poll?
The site converted the letter grades to numbers (an "A" is 4, a "B" is 3, an "F" is 0) to arrive at an average rating, then ranked the 30 announcing teams.
This year, the Brewers team ranked ninth in the poll. The site identified Jeff Levering, Bill Schroeder, Brian Anderson and Craig Coshun as play-by-play announcers, with color commentators Tim Dillard, Vinny Rottino and — curiously — Jeff Cirillo and Chris Singleton. Their average score for the Brewers: 2.66.
More accurately, Schroeder serves as a color commentator, with either Anderson or Levering offering primary play-by-play. Dillard and Rottino work in Schroeder's stead during road trips.
Cirillo and Singleton have worked Brewers games in previous years but haven't been contributors this year. Coshun typically serves as a studio host for pregame and postgame shows on FanDuel Sports Wisconsin but has worked in the booth when needed in the past.
The Brewers ranked eighth in the 2024 version of the poll and ninth in 2023.
The site said readers most commonly gave the Brewers team a "B" and nearly 90% of respondents gave them an A, B or C, with one of the smallest volume of "F" grades among the announcing teams.
"The comments here saw a lot of praise for Anderson despite his less-than-full-time role," the site wrote. "Those included 'Brian Anderson is the best play-by-play guy in the business,' 'The more BA the better the grade, he's an ace' (on a B grade), and 'BA is great…would be A if he did all games' (on a B grade). However, Levering drew some compliments of his own, including 'future star,' 'incredibly steady and remarkably versatile,' and 'very underrated.'"
The top team in the rankings? That would be the San Diego Padres, a team that includes former Brewers player Tony Gwynn Jr. in an analyst role. The San Francisco Giants, including Racine Case graduate Duane Kuiper and his longtime on-air partner Mike Krukow, ranked third. Former Brewers catcher Buck Martinez and the Toronto Blue Jays crew ranked No. 4, and former Brewers pitcher Ben McDonald is a regular part of the Baltimore Orioles team that ranked No. 7.
Other interesting Brewers connections:
Matt Vasgersian, former Brewers announcer, is occasionally part of the Los Angeles Angels broadcasts that ranked No. 10.
Ripon College alumnus Joe Davis, one of the more well-known national baseball voices, is the primary play-by-play voice for the Los Angeles Dodgers (ranked No. 12).
Former Brewers announcer Cory Provus works play-by-play for the Minnesota Twins broadcast, ranked No. 15. Former Brewers pitcher LaTroy Hawkins also serves as analyst.
Texas (No. 24) features a broadcast that includes ex-Brewers catcher Dave Valle.
Pittsburgh (No. 25) occasionally features radio play-by-play man Joe Block, who formerly held that position with the Brewers alongside Bob Uecker. Ex-Brewers player Neil Walker is also one of the analysts.
The Chicago White Sox (No. 27) occasionally include former Brewers closer Dan Plesac as an analyst.
Tampa Bay (No. 16) also has a broadcaster named Brian Anderson.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Where do Brewers announcers rank in Awful Announcing annual poll?
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