SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres today announced the broadcast schedule for 2018 Spring Training presented by Southwest Airlines, featuring 30 preseason games that will be available to fans via television, radio or audio webcast.
FOX Sports San Diego will televise 13 games, including 10 FSSD live broadcasts and three simulcasts. The first televised game of Spring Training will be on February 23 when the Padres take on the Seattle Mariners in the annual Charity Game. Two games will be made available through a FOX Sports West simulcast when the club faces the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (February 25-26), and one game will be available through FOX Sports Kansas City when the Padres visit the Kansas City Royals (March 6). The final Spring television broadcast will feature the Padres and their Triple-A affiliate, the El Paso Chihuahuas, in an exhibition game on March 26. Padres play-by-play broadcaster Don Orsillo returns to the booth for all spring telecasts, while former Padres starting pitcher Mark Grant and former Padre Mark Sweeney will spilt time in the analyst seat. Former MLB pitcher Bob Scanlan will once again provide analysis and reports from beyond the dugout. All televised Padres games on FSSD will also be available on the FOX Sports Go app.
Padres radio broadcasts will move to 97.3 FM this season after switching over to the FM dial for the first time in team history last year. The club's new English flagship station will broadcast 12 Cactus League games in 2018, with the first Spring radio broadcast taking place on March 3 and concluding on the final day of Padres Spring Training on March 26. Ted Leitner and Jesse Agler will return to the booth for play-by-play and color commentary in addition to analysis provided by Tony Gwynn Jr. 97.3 FM will provide expanded one-hour pre- and postgame shows hosted by longtime San Diego radio personality Chris Ello, with all podcasts and digital content available on padresradio.com.
The Padres will make 11 audio webcasts available on padres.com for games that will not be broadcast on FOX Sports San Diego or 97.3 FM. The live audio webcasts will be available free-of-charge exclusively on padres.com beginning on Saturday, February 24, when the Padres face the Oakland Athletics in Mesa. Fans can access the free live audio stream by logging in or creating a free account on padres.com.