The New York Yankees have a new voice for their radio broadcasts, bringing in a broadcaster beloved across the sport.
Dave Sims is reportedly close to a deal to become the team’s new play-by-play broadcaster on WFAN, as first reported by Ryan Glasspiegel of the New York Post. According to Andrew Marchand of The Athletic, a verbal agreement is already in place and a two-year deal is expected to be signed soon.
Sims, 71, has called games on the Seattle Mariners TV broadcasts for the past 17 seasons. He replaces John Sterling, who retired early last season after 35 years due to health problems. Sims will work with Suzyn Waldman on the radio broadcasts.
Last season, Justin Shackil called most of the Yankees games on the radio with Waldman, while Emmanuel Berbari was also part of the mix. Rickie Ricardo, who calls the Yankees’ Spanish-language broadcasts, was also reportedly under consideration.
For Sims, calling the Yankees marks a return to New York, where he began his media career as a reporter for the New York Daily News. He then moved to radio as host of WNBC’s “SportsNight” and eventually co-hosted the WFAN afternoon show with Ed Coleman. He also served as a weekend sports anchor at WCBS and hosted the radio broadcasts of the New York Knicks.
During his career, Sims also covered track and field for NBC during the 1988 Summer Olympics, called college basketball for Fox and FS1, and broadcast NFL games, including “Sunday Night Football,” for Westwood One.
Sims started calling baseball broadcasts for ESPN before joining the Mariners broadcast team from Root Sports in 2007. He is one of 10 finalists (along with Sterling) for the 2025 Ford C. Frick Award, presented by the Baseball Hall of Fame for excellence in baseball broadcasting. .
In 2012, Sims called for two perfect games – first by Philip Humber, then Félix Hernández – and one Mariners’ run to the postseason in 2022. Yankees fans certainly hope he will make many more postseason runs for their team to call.
