Marlins Let Go Craig Minervini

     The Miami Marlins have released Craig Minervini as their television studio host, backup television play-by-play announcer and fill-in radio play-by-play announcer. It concluded Minervini's long reign in the Marlins broadcasting department. 

     Minervini, a Commack, New York native and Syracuse University 1985 grad, has held the position of Marlins television studio analyst and television sideline reporter since the 2002 season. The video clip most seen of Minervini on the job by the public was him interviewing Miguel Cabrera after he got his first Major League Baseball game-winning hit in 2003. 

     He started his professional broadcasting career as sideline reporter Craig DeGeorge in the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1980s. Minervini landed at WPBF-TV Channel 25 in West Palm Beach as a sportscaster. He moved on to become a sportscaster at WTVJ-TV Channel 6 in Miami.

    Minervini had two stints as a television studio host on Florida Panthers broadcasts. He was there from September 2003 until April 2012 and from August 2015 to April 2024.