Awful Announcing confirming what Toronto fans already knew about Blue Jays broadcasts

For the last several seasons the writers at Awful Announcing asks their readers to evaluate each of the 30 teams’ local TV broadcasts and give them a grade from A to F. This years results are in and the Toronto Blue Jays broadcast crew were ranked as the fourth best local tv crew with more than 31,500 individual votes.

Awful Announcing says, "A significant number of people liked the Blue Jays’ booth, with it receiving 387 As and 387 Bs out of 1,017 votes. This booth also only received 32 Fs, tied for the fewest in our poll with the Orioles and Twins. Toronto finished fourth in 2023 with a 3.07 and sixth last year with a 2.89."

The voters graded nearly everyone involved in the Blue Jays broadcast, including Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez, Matt Devlin, and Ben Shulman on play-by-play duties, with Joe Siddall and Caleb Joseph graded as analysts.

Shulman received a ton of accolades in the voters comments, "“Shulman elevates this booth in a big way,” “Every Blue Jays game feels special because I associate Shulman with the best games of the week,” and “Dan Shulman’s voice fits baseball, miss him on ESPN Sunday Night.”

As well, long-time Blue Jays' broadcaster Martinez, was given high praise, "Shulman/Martinez as good as it gets,” “Dan and Buck are the best in the league,” and “You get the pro in Shulman and the old-timer in Buck with the wacky stories. What more could you ask for?”

Martinez started working on the Blue Jays TSN broadcasts from 1987-2000 and joined the Rogers Sportsnet broadcasts in 2010. This is actually the second stint for the Shulman-Martinez combination in the booth as Shulman worked with Martinez on TSN from 1995-2001, then left for ESPN. In 2015, Shulman returned as a guest announcer for Jays’ games, before taking over the primary play-by-play role in 2020.