The Diamondbacks’ 19-23 record isn’t the only aspect of the team lagging behind the rest of the league.
According to the readers of Fangraphs, their announcers aren’t too great either.
Steve Berthiaume and Bob Brenly were ranked the 18th-best broadcast team in baseball by the website. The rankings were crowdsourced, with Fangraphs readers rating them based on charisma and analysis on a one-to-five scale. They received a 3.2 for charisma and a 3.0 for analysis.
“There are mixed reviews for Berthiaume and Brenly among FanGraphs readers, although most seem to prefer either of them to Mark Grace, who seemed to have indulged in the less appealing qualities of the former athlete and/or just men, in general,” Chris Cistulli, the article’s author, said of the ranking.