Broadcasters

2018 marks Ted Leitner's 39th season behind the microphone for "My Padres."

Now in his 41st year broadcasting in San Diego, Leitner is also the voice of San Diego State University Aztecs football and basketball.

Leitner spent 25 years (1978-2002) as sports anchor for KFMB-TV (CBS 8) in San Diego.

Leitner's previous play-by-play credits include the National Football League's San Diego Chargers and Philadelphia Eagles, the National Basketball Association's San Diego Clippers, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Connecticut.

Leitner studied TV and radio broadcasting at Oklahoma State University and earned his Master's degree in Radio/Television/Film from the University of Oklahoma in Norman.

A fixture in the San Diego community, he has served as master of ceremonies at several Padres events over the years, including Opening Day ceremonies, the club's annual awards dinner, Padres Hall of Fame induction ceremonies and 2012's Jerry Coleman Day, honoring Coleman's 70 years in baseball.

Leitner has six sons: twins Nicholas and Ryan, Mark, Matthew, Jordan and Teddy, a daughter, Kristin and 3 granddaughters: Scarlett, Cecily & Sofia.

2018 marks Jesse Agler's fifth season as a member of the Padres' broadcast team, his third as a primary voice for Padres radio broadcasts on the club's new FM station 94.9. Agler previously served as the host of Padres Social Hour, as well as the club's fill-in play-by-play announcer. 

Agler joined the Padres front office in February of 2014 as director of content, a role in which he oversaw all club digital and social operations, including the integration of content for padres.com and Padres social media accounts. 

Having come to San Diego by way of Miami, Agler spent four seasons as the pregame, halftime and postgame host on the Dolphins Radio Network, also calling select preseason games during that time period. In 2013, he did television play-by-play for the Dolphins' preseason games on CBS-4.

In addition to his gameday duties, Agler hosted The Finsiders, the Miami Dolphins' daily multimedia talk show, airing on radio (940-WINZ), Dolphins.com and FOX Sports Florida. He also served as host of the TV show Finsiders Final Drive, which aired weekly on FOX Sports Florida and locally in Miami on the NFL Network.

Agler began his professional career in 2005. His experience includes serving as pregame, halftime and postgame radio host for the then-Florida Marlins, the Florida Panthers and the University of Miami Hurricanes' football and basketball teams. Agler has also previously been the fill-in play-by-play announcer for the Marlins.

A graduate of the University of Miami, Agler's first job out of college was calling baseball games for the Elkhart (KS) Dusters of the Jayhawk League. Agler and his wife, Tovah, reside in San Diego with their son Jonah.

Tony Gwynn Jr. enters his second season with the Padres' broadcast team in 2018 after returning to San Diego prior to the 2017 season. Gwynn Jr. will once again serve as both an analyst for FOX Sports San Diego and select Padres radio broadcasts. 

Son of legendary "Mr. Padre", Gwynn Jr. played for the Padres from 2009-10. Originally selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2^nd round of the June 2003 draft out of San Diego State, he played parts of eight Major League seasons with Milwaukee, San Diego, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. Gwynn Jr. batted .238 (381-for-1,600) in his career with 48 doubles, 23 triples, seven home runs, 98 RBI and 192 runs scored in 685 games played.

Gwynn Jr. began his broadcasting career in 2016 after joining the Dodgers' postgame show on AM 570 LA Sports Radio. He currently resides in San Diego with his wife, Alyse, their son Trey, and three daughters, Makayla, Jordan and Leighton. 

Don Orsillo made his debut as a member of the Padres' broadcast team in 2016, calling games for both television and radio broadcasts. After assuming the full-time television play-by-play duties in 2017, Orsillo returns in 2018 for his third season in San Diego. 

In addition to his work for the Padres, Orsillo has called regular season games for FS1 and TBS during the 2016-17 seasons. Orsillo came to San Diego from Boston, where he spent 15 seasons with NESN as the primary play-by-play announcer for the Red Sox. While at NESN, he also hosted the weekly Red Sox Report, as well as the offseason weekly program Hot Stove Live.

In addition to his postseason experience with the Red Sox, Orsillo called MLB Division Series games on TBS from 2007 to 2013.

Orsillo's broadcasting repertoire also includes college basketball and hockey, having called both Boston College basketball games and Hockey East matches on NESN, as well as Providence College basketball games on the Big East Network/ESPN PLUS.

Orsillo's numerous accolades include two Emmy Awards for outstanding play-by-play (2003 and 2004) and two New England Sports Best Play-by-Play awards (2014 and 2015). He was named Massachusetts Sportscaster of the year in 2005. 

Through his role with the Red Sox, Orsillo has appeared in a number of motion pictures, including 2013's The Heat, 2010's The Town and 2005's Fever Pitch.

A graduate of Northeastern University, Orsillo began his broadcasting career in minor league baseball, calling games for the Pittsfield Mets (1991-92), Binghamton Mets (1993-95), and Pawtucket Red Sox (1996-2000). He also has previously called minor league hockey (Springfield Indians/Falcons 1991-96).

Orsillo has two daughters: Sydney, 17, and Madison, 15. He and his wife Kathy reside in Coronado.

Mark Grant returns to FOX Sports San Diego in 2018 for his 23rd season as color analyst for Padres television broadcasts.

No stranger to San Diego baseball, Grant pitched for the Padres from 1987-90. Originally selected by the San Francisco Giants with the 10th pick in the first round of the 1981 Draft out of Joliet (IL) Catholic High School, he played parts of eight Major League seasons with San Francisco, San Diego, Atlanta Seattle, Houston and Colorado. Grant went 22-32 with eight saves and a 4.31 ERA in 233 games (58 starts). He recorded a career-high eight wins and posted a 3.33 ERA for the Padres in 1989.

Grant began his broadcasting career at KFMB Radio in 1994 as a sports anchor and talk show host. After retiring from baseball in 1995, he provided analysis of Prime Sports' Padres broadcasts in 1996, then joined Channel 4 San Diego upon its inception in 1997. In 2012, he was part of the on-air team that helped launch the new regional sports network FOX Sports San Diego. 

Grant is active in the community, where he works with the Down Syndrome Association of San Diego and has been associated with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of San Diego since 1987. Additionally, he serves as a spokesperson for St. Madeleine Sophie's Center in El Cajon, a vocational and educational center for developmentally disabled adults.

Grant and his wife, Mary, reside in Alpine with their daughter, Alexis, and two sons, Andrew and Aidan.

Eduardo Ortega, the Spanish-language voice of the Padres, will be calling Padres games for the 32nd season in 2018, his 38th year in the broadcasting business. Ortega does play-by-play for both Spanish radio (XEMO) and Spanish television (FOX Deportes) broadcasts.

One of the most highly regarded Spanish-language sports broadcasters in the business, Ortega has broadcast in the postseason since 1993 for various outlets, including CBS Hispanic Radio Network, Cadena Caracol, LBC Radio Network and ESPN Deportes radio.

He has called 18 MLB All-Star Games, 23 World Series and five no-hitters. Milestones Ortega has called include Tony Gwynn's and Ricky Henderson's 3,000th hits, Randy Johnson's 4,000th strikeout, Mark McGwire's 500th homerun, Barry Bonds' 700th and 755th home runs, Trevor Hoffman's breaking of the all-time saves record, Hoffman's 500th career save, Greg Maddux's 350th victory, both cycles in Padres history and four of San Diego's five division titles.

Ortega handled the play-by-play worldwide telecasts of the Caribbean Series for Galavision and Fox Sports for 12 seasons and was the lead Spanish play-by-play voice for the World Baseball Classic in 2006, 2009, 2013 and 2017. 

In addition to his time with the Padres, Ortega served one season (1991) as the voice of the San Francisco Giants, four years as play-by-play announcer for the Tijuana Potros of the Mexican-Pacific Winter League, two seasons broadcasting for Tijuana's team in the northern Sonora Double-A Summer League, and one year as the voice of the Cotton Growers of Torreon, in the Mexican Summer League. Since 2005, he has been the radio voice of the Mexicali Aguilas in the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico, and starting in 2015, on the national cable television network Megacable.

In 2015, Ortega was inducted into the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame. Prior to that, in 2012, he was inducted into the Tijuana Sports Hall of Fame. He also was honored in 2004 by the Tijuana sports media with a Career Achievement Award, and the Mexican Federation of Sportscasters celebrated his 25th anniversary in broadcasting and his multiple contributions to the industry.

In addition, Ortega was named Sportscaster of the Year by the Sportswriters Association of Tijuana in 1997, Sports Ambassador of Tijuana by the city's mayor in 1998, the Broadcasting Award by ACDN (National Sports Writers of Nicaragua) in 2012 and more recently, the 2017 Abelardo Raidi Career Achievement Award, named after the pioneer and founder of AIPS America, a worldwide sports media organization.

Ortega is a Tijuana native and a long-time San Diego resident.

In 2018, Carlos Hernández enters his seventh season as the main Padres color analyst on FOX Deportes, following a Major League playing career that spanned 11 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1990-96), San Diego Padres (1997-2000) and St. Louis Cardinals (2000).

Signed by the Dodgers as a free agent in 1984, Hernández became the second Venezuelan catcher in MLB history, following Bo Díaz. He made his Major League debut in 1990 with the Los Angeles Dodgers. A highly skilled defensive player, Hernández spent his Dodgers career (1990-96) mainly as a back-up catcher to Mike Scioscia and Mike Piazza, appearing in 230 games, with 133 starts. He signed with the Padres as a free agent and in his first full season as a regular catch for the organization, Hernández batted .262 with 9 home runs and 52 RBI in 129 games played.

Hernández finished his career batting .253 (315-1244) with 24 home runs, 141 RBI, 102 runs, 51 doubles, one triple and one stolen base in 488 games played. In 22 postseason games, he hit .299 (20-67) with one home run and two RBI.

In 2004, Hernández successfully led the Toros de Tijuana to the playoff as manager of the Mexican Summer League team.

Hernández returned to the Padres organization in 2005, serving as the club's catching coordinator until 2007. He served as manager of the prestigious Leones del Caracas Venezuelan Winter League club from 2006-08 and was the catching coordinator for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2010-13.

Pedro Gutiérrez enters his 5th season as a Spanish Broadcaster for the Padres in 2018. Gutiérrez hosts the Padres' Spanish pregame and postgame show for the entire 162 game schedule, as well as handles fill-in play-by-play duties on both Spanish radio (XEMO) and Spanish television (FOX Deportes) broadcasts.

During his career, Gutiérrez has spent five seasons in the Mexican Winter League with the Aguilas de Mexicali doing play-by-play for Megacable, the largest cable network provider in the country. He also previously served as producer for Spanish radio broadcasts for Padres for six years spanning from 2006 until 2012.

Prior to joining the Padres, Gutiérrez served for two years as the director of media relations for the Mexican Pacific League, coordinating all aspects of the league's communication platform. In his two years there, he was part of two Caribbean Series championships won by Mexico's representing team.

Gutiérrez is a Tijuana native and resides there with his wife Ericka. The two are expecting their first child in May.