Major League Baseball today announced that Cleveland Guardians pitcher Triston McKenzie will serve as a social media correspondent during the 2022 World Series Presented by Capital One.
McKenzie will attend Game Two in Houston and Game Three in Philadelphia where he will interview players on the field, make appearances on MLB Network, and give fans a behind-the-scenes look of the Fall Classic on MLB’s social media accounts. This is the second year in a row that an MLB player will act as a World Series social media correspondent for @MLB, after outfielder Brett Phillips covered the 2021 World Series. Viewers can follow McKenzie on Twitter @T_eazy24 and Instagram @triston.mckenzie and watch for his unique World Series content on @MLB. MLB has already gained more than one million followers on Instagram this year, while also generating more than two billion video views on the app.
McKenzie, who was drafted by the Cleveland Guardians in the 1st round of the 2015 MLB Amateur Draft out of Royal Palm Beach High School, debuted in August 2020. The 25-year old had a breakout year in 2022, finishing top 10 in the American League in every major pitching category with a 2.96 ERA and 0.95 WHIP with 190 strikeouts and 44 walks in 191.1 innings pitched. McKenzie was the only player this season to have multiple games with 0 BB and 13 K and tied for 2nd most strikeouts in a game (14). Off the field, McKenzie was named the Guardians’ 2022 Roberto Clemente Award Winner for his work in the community.
The World Series will air exclusively on FOX Sports, which will call its 25th Fall Classic in its 27th season as the official network broadcaster of MLB, including FOX Deportes, and on ESPN Radio. All games of the 118th Fall Classic will have a scheduled first pitch time of 8:03 p.m. (ET), with the FOX pregame show slated for 7:00 p.m. (ET) for Games 1-6 and 6:30 p.m. (ET) for a potential Game Seven.
All World Series games telecast on FOX will be available to MLB.TV subscribers who are authenticated subscribers to the applicable network through a participating pay TV provider. MLB Network will provide comprehensive pregame and postgame coverage throughout the Fall Classic. ESPN Radio will provide live national coverage of all 2022 World Series games for English language radio. Univision has World Series coverage on the Spanish language radio side.