Boston Radio: Report..Red Sox Pursuing Tim Neverett For Radio Booth

Tim Neverett

With longtime Red Sox radio announcer Dave O’Brien moving over to television to replace the departed Don Orsillo, a major void was left unfilled in the WEEI 93.7 FM booth since Joe Castiglione was the sole voice signed for the 2016 season. The situation may change as early this week if New Hampshire native Tim Neverett accepts the team’s offer to become Castiglione’s partner on radio.

Neverett, 49, a graduate of Emerson College, spent the past seven seasons as a play-by-play voice for the Pittsburgh Pirates, alternating select games on TV and radio. Prior to joining the Pirates, Neverett served as a pre- and post-game host for the Colorado Rockies and covered college sports for FOX Sports Rocky Mountain. Neverett initially broke into professional baseball as one of the youngest broadcasters in the history of the sport, calling select games as a 19-year-old for the Nashua Pirates, the precursor to the Harrisburg Senators.

Neverett has yet to accept the position in the Red Sox booth, although he met with team officials last week according to the report in the Boston Herald. The Red Sox are currently in the midst of a 10-year, $200-million dollar radio contract with WEEI, which they intend to renegotiate this winter after reportedly losing $17 million per season since signing the deal.