Tom Caron (@TomCaron) joined NESN in 1995 and has been a member of the NESN team for 29 years. For the past 23 seasons he has been a member of NESN's Red Sox broadcasts, serving as the network's first baseball sideline reporter before moving into the role of host of the pregame and postgame shows in the championship season of 2004. Caron served as studio host for Boston Bruins hockey between 1997 and 2004 and has been the play-by-play announcer for two of New England college hockey's biggest tournaments: the Beanpot (for 15 years) and the Hockey East championship (25 seasons). Prior to NESN, Caron was the play-by-play voice of the Portland Pirates of the AHL and was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame in 2014. A nine-time New England Emmy Award winner, Caron has been awarded New England's Favorite Local TV Sports Personality seven times by Channel Media Sports Research's New England Sports Survey and was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in 2021. Caron is involved in many local and regional charities, and sits on the Board of Directors of the Mass Mentoring Partnership and the MetroWest YMCA.
Broadcasters
Red Sox on NESN
NESN (New England Sports Network), the official home of the Boston Red Sox, is in its 41st year of carrying Red Sox baseball. Consistently one of the top-rated regional sports networks in the country, NESN's Red Sox coverage includes an hour-long show before and after every game. Fans in New England can also watch NESN's coverage on the NESN 360 app, plus follow along on NESN.com and NESN social media channels for game-day coverage and news (@NESN).
Veteran play-by-play announcer Dave O'Brien enters his ninth season with NESN, his 34th in Major League Baseball broadcasting. He will be joined by former Red Sox player Lou Merloni, as well as former Red Sox players and World Series champions Will Middlebrooks, Kevin Millar, and Kevin Youkilis. Cohasset, MA native Mike Monaco will join the NESN broadcast team as play-by-play announcer for select games. Jahmai Webster will serve as a Red Sox sideline reporter for his seventh season.
Tom Caron is in his 21st year as host of NESN's pre- and post-game show. He will be joined by an All-Star lineup of studio analysts that includes National Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Rice and former Red Sox players including Lenny DiNardo, Jonathan Papelbon, and Deven Marrero. Adam Pellerin will also serve as a host for select pre- and post-game shows, and has filled a number of different roles at NESN since 2012.
Adam Pellerin (@AdamPellerin) serves as a host for NESN's pregame and postgame shows. Adam fills a number of different roles at the network including hosting "NESN Clubhouse" and the "Ultimate Red Sox show." The Massachusetts native joined NESN in 2012 after serving as general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor at FOX 25 for five years. His television reporting career began in Portland, Maine, at CBS affiliate WGME. Adam is a graduate of Suffolk University, where he was the starting catcher on the baseball team.
Jahmai Webster (@WebsterOnTV) returns to the broadcast team for his seventh season as a Red Sox sideline reporter. He joined NESN in October of 2016 and served as an anchor/reporter on NESN's sports news programs. He has also served as host of NESN's award-winning and commercial-free Red Sox pregame show for kids, "NESN Clubhouse," which airs on Sundays 90 minutes before game time. Before joining NESN, Webster worked at Denver's ABC affiliate KMGH Denver7 and KITV 4 News in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Cal-State Northridge graduate got his start in sports broadcasting at two ABC affiliates in central Texas, KRHD-TV 40 in College Station and KXXV-TV 25 in Waco.
Will Middlebrooks (@Middlebrooks) is in his second season in the NESN broadcast booth and third season as NESN pregame and postgame analyst. Middlebrooks also serves as a baseball analyst for CBS Sports HQ and is a co-host of the "WAKE and RAKE Podcast." Selected by the Red Sox in the 2007 MLB Draft, Middlebrooks spent eight seasons in the organization, including the first three of his six years in the majors. The Texas native burst onto the scene as a rookie in 2011, batting .288 with 15 home runs and 54 RBI in 75 games. He was a key contributor to the 2013 World Series championship team, serving as the team's primary third baseman. When the Red Sox returned to play after the Boston Marathon in 2013, Middlebrooks tweeted, "I can't wait to put on my jersey today? I get to play for the strongest city out there. #BostonStrong," with the hashtag becoming a rallying cry for the season.
Lenny DiNardo (@DinardoLenny) returns for his eighth season on NESN after joining the network in 2017 as a pregame and postgame analyst. DiNardo was a pitcher for the Red Sox and a member of the 2004 World Series championship team. He also pitched for the Oakland Athletics and Kansas City Royals before retiring from baseball in 2013.
Deven Marrero (@Dmarrero305) will be making his debut as a studio analyst for NESN this season. A native of Miami, FL, Marrero played baseball at Arizona State University and was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the first round of the 2012 MLB Draft. He played parts of seven seasons in the major leagues, including three seasons with the Boston Red Sox from 2015 - 2017. In addition to the Red Sox, he also spent time with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Miami Marlins and New York Mets, before retiring in 2023. During his time with the Red Sox, Marrero was an active member of the community who was involved with the Jimmy Fund, the Boston Children's Hospital, and Best Buddies.
Jonathan Papelbon is returning for his second season as a pre and postgame analyst for the Red Sox 2024 season. Papelbon originally joined NESN serving as a weekly contributor in 2021 remotely. The 12-year MLB veteran spent his first seven MLB seasons with the Red Sox, earning four of his six All-Star selections with Boston. A member of the 2007 World Series championship team, Papelbon recorded a save in all four games of the Sox's Fall Classic series sweep against the Colorado Rockies. His 219 saves in a Red Sox uniform are a franchise record, with his 368 career saves ranking 9th all-time. The Florida native also pitched for the Phillies (2012 to 2015) and Nationals (2015 to 2016) following his time in Boston.
Jim Rice is in his 22nd year as a pregame and postgame analyst on NESN. In 2009, he became the 32nd member of the Red Sox to be elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Rice played 16 seasons in the major leagues, all with Boston. The eight-time All-Star finished his career with a .298 batting AVG, 382 home runs and 1,451 RBI. Rice was voted the AL MVP in 1978 and helped lead the Red Sox to two AL pennants (1975 and 1986). He ranks third behind only Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski on the Red Sox all-time leaders list in hits and total bases, and fourth in home runs and RBI. Since retiring after the 1989 season, Rice has remained active in the Red Sox organization, serving as a minor league hitting instructor between 1992 and 1994 before joining the parent club as hitting coach between 1995 and 2000. He currently serves as a special organizational instructor for the team.
Red Sox Radio Network
The Boston Red Sox and Boston's Sports Original, 93.7 WEEI, are synonymous for New England Sports fans! Red Sox games are heard on nearly 40 affiliate radio stations throughout New England. With undeniably one of the best broadcasts in Major League Baseball, Joe Castiglione has delivered your "soundtrack of summer" for over 40 years! Joe is joined in the booth by Will Flemming, Sean McDonough and former Red Sox player and Framingham, Mass. native, Lou Merloni. You can now stream every Red Sox game on the Audacy app, if you are within 75 miles of Fenway Park. The Audacy app is available in the iTunes Store or Google Play. Save WEEI as a favorite and listen on your phone or tablet.
Sean McDonough, a Hingham, MA native, is a nationally renowned and Emmy Award-winning broadcaster who is a leading play-by-play commentator for ESPN/ABC calling NHL, college football and basketball games in addition to the PGA Championship and the annual Par 3 Contest at The Masters. McDonough has covered the World Series, NCAA Final Four, the Olympic Games, Monday Night Football and all four major golf championships, among other marquee events during his accomplished career. Sean served as the television play-by-play announcer for the Red Sox from 1988-2004 and is now in his sixth season back calling Sox games with WEEI.