Jessica Mendoza has signed a contract extension with ESPN but is leaving “Sunday Night Baseball” and will no longer work for the New York Mets.
Jenny Cavnar, who usually appears on Colorado Rockies’ pregame and postgame television shows, recently handled play-by-play duties for one of the team’s games.
Mendoza’s dual roles had drawn attention and caused friction. The Dodgers banned her from their clubhouse last year once during the season and once during the postseason because of her position with the Mets. She also drew attention last month for saying on an ESPN show that pitcher Mike Fiers should have gone to Major League Baseball before he told a journalist that the Houston Astros had been using a camera to steal signs.
Commissioner Rob Manfred said during this week’s owners meetings that he was not comfortable with Mendoza and former Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez being both team employees and broadcasters.“It’s a topic that remains under discussion internally,” he said. “It caused a lot of complications, not just on this particular incident or comments, but in general.”
As part of her new role, Mendoza will be the lone analyst on a package of weeknight games as well as being in the booth for ESPN Radio’s coverage of the World Series and postseason games. Additionally, Mendoza will make studio appearances on “SportsCenter,” “Baseball Tonight” and other ESPN shows as well as doing features on “E:60.”
Mendoza, who was inducted into the National Softball Hall of Fame last year, will continue as a lead analyst during ESPN’s coverage of the Women’s College World Series as well as reporting from the Tokyo Olympics. She was a four-time, first-team All-American at Stanford, and won gold and silver medals with the U.S. at the Olympics. She had previously signed a multiyear extension with ESPN in December 2018.
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