2025 MLB Voices Fellowship Program

MLB Voices is a Fellowship Program aimed to develop and grow the next generation of play-by-play talent in baseball, with a specific focus on elevating diverse voices within the game. In 2024, in an effort to broaden the voices delivering baseball to all fans and level the playing field, Major League Baseball, in collaboration with the Black Play-by-Play Grant & Scholarship Fund launched the MLB Voices Program.

Participants selected for this program will gain hands-on opportunities to call play-by-play for select MLB. Develops events. Additionally, they will benefit from mentorship and guidance from experienced voices in the baseball broadcasting industry. Over the course of the 10-month program, participants will exit with tangible copies of high-level television broadcast tape, enhancing their professional reels. They’ll also establish valuable connections within MLB, network with peers and MLB clubs at the Baseball Winter Meetings, and attend MLB

All-Star Week, with shadowing opportunities and participation in key events like the HBCU Swingman Classic and the Futures Game.

Program Overview:

The program is a 10-month commitment and runs from February 3rd to November 16th, 2025. 

Location:

This fellowship is remote and requires travel to MLB events located in Vero Beach, FL, Atlanta, GA, and Phoenix, AZ.

MLB Events:

Fellows will have the opportunity to call games for MLB Develops events and the Arizona Fall League, as well as network with peers and MLB clubs at the Baseball Winter Meetings. All games called will be streamed on MLB.com.

Training & Development:

Fellows will participate in an orientation and meet bi-monthly for programming sessions featuring guest speakers and covering topics such as:

• Program Expectations
• The Realities of Broadcasting
• Demo Building
• Navigating the Job Market
• Broadcast Preparation
• Self-Critique
• Social Media/Content

Fellows Will Receive:

• Mentorship from a network of baseball broadcasters with combined decades of experience
• Tape review with MLB-level broadcasters
• Introduction to MiLB Clubs

Projects:

• Final Demo turnover before Baseball Winter Meetings

Criteria:

• Black Play by Play Grant Fellow or MLB Develops alumni preferred
• College graduate
• Interested in pursuing a career in broadcasting
• Consent to MLB waivers, releases and background check