Jon Paul Morosi | |
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 Morosi in 2019 | |
| Born | (1982-05-17)May 17, 1982 (age 42) |
| Education | Garber High School,Essexville, MichiganHarvard University[2] |
| Occupation(s) | Sportswriter Reporter |
| Title | Sports commentator |
| Spouse | Alexis Morosi[3] |
Jon Paul Morosi (born May 17, 1982) is an American sportswriter and reporter. Since 2016, he is an on-air personality withMLB Network, including the flagship studio showMLB Tonight. Morosi is also a columnist forMLB.com, as well as an on-air reporter for bothFOX Sports andFS1. In addition, he regularly appears on MLB Network Radio onSiriusXM andFOX Sports Radio.Morosi also worked as a Field Level Reporter for 1 2024 ALDS on TBS.In addition to his Major League Baseball duties, Morosi is a reporter forNHL Network.[4]
Jon Paul Morosi was born inMarquette, Michigan, and attendedGarber High School inEssexville, Michigan, where he was a three-sport athlete and co-editor of the student newspaper.[3][5] After high school he attendedHarvard University, earning a degree in environmental science and public policy. While at Harvard he played four years of junior varsity baseball and covered men's hockey forThe Harvard Crimson.[1]
Prior to joining MLB Network, Morosi was a columnist and national baseball writer for FOXSports.com, beginning in 2009. He was hired in part due to incumbent FOX Sports baseball writerKen Rosenthal's recommendation, whom he met four years earlier at the 2005 MLB general managers' meeting.[6]
Previously, Morosi was a beat writer for theDetroit Free Press, covering the Tigers from 2006 to 2009. Morosi came to theFree Press after serving as a backup beat writer for theSeattle Post-Intelligencer during the Seattle Mariners' 2005 season.[6] He also spent time at theBoston Globe andHouston Chronicle, among others.[6]
Morosi has a passion for international baseball and theWorld Baseball Classic in particular. MLB Network, the exclusive rights-holder to the WBC, devoted segments in 2017 to what it termed "J.P. Morosi's International Pastime."[7]
On December 8, 2023, Morosi was the subject of criticism when he claimed that then free agent two-way player,Shohei Ohtani was on a private jet going fromAnaheim toToronto, where he would talk to and possibly sign with theToronto Blue Jays. This speculation coincided with a post on “X” (formerlyTwitter) that went viral earlier in the day of a private jet taking off fromSanta Ana, destined forToronto Pearson International Airport. As it was later found out, the flight was unrelated. It was confirmed that Ohtani was not traveling to Toronto and that he was still residing in Anaheim.[8] On the following day, Ohtani would announce that he signed with theLos Angeles Dodgers.