Former Pirates Kevin Young, Matt Capps and Michael McKenry will join the broadcast team as rotating color analysts in 2020, replacing longtime broadcaster Steve Blass, the club announced Friday.
Color analysts Bob Walk and John Wehner will return in 2020, as well as play-by-play announcers Greg Brown and Joe Block.
Young played first base for the Pirates from 1992-1995 and 1997-2003. He has been a special assistant to baseball operations and the club's offensive coordinator since December 2014. Young also has worked with players on first base defense, including Josh Bell and former Pirates Pedro Alvarez and John Jaso.
McKenry caught for the Pirates from 2011-2013 during his seven year major-league career. He has been a studio analyst for AT&T SportsNet the past two seasons.
Capps pitched for the Pirates from 2005-2009 and served as the closer for the final three years. He earned an All-Star nod in 2010 as a member of the Nationals and finished with 138 career saves. He filled in as a studio analyst whenever McKenry was unavailable last season.
The team also announced they will broadcast a record 33 spring training games, including a record 14 on AT&T SportsNet. All but five games will be available on either television or radio, and those final five can be heard via a webcast on Pirates.com.
The Pirates first radio broadcast this spring will be on Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. on KDKA 1020. Their first television broadcast will be Feb. 23, as a Pirates split squad will face the Tigers at 1:05 p.m. at LECOM Park in Bradenton.
AT&T SportsNet will be the Pirates' television partner again in 2020 after the two sides reached a multi-year extension this offseason. Radio broadcasts will be on 93.7 The Fan or KDKA 1020 again.