Taryn Hatcher has found her next gig, and it is not one anyone would have predicted.<\/p>\n
Per the Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>, Hatcher has joined The CW as part of its broadcast team covering the Professional Bowlers Association, working alongside former NASCAR lead announcer Rick Allen and former professional bowler Kyle Sherman. She is doing the same kind of in-stadium reporter work she did with the Phillies, including post-victory interviews with bowlers, most recently with Anthony Simonsen after he won the Illinois Classic in Decatur, Illinois, two weeks ago. The PBA season runs through April 26, with The CW airing events on Sundays at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n Hatcher told the Inquirer\u2019s Rob Tornoe it has been \u201cso much more fun\u201d than she anticipated, calling the opportunity \u201ca perfect fit.\u201d That\u2019s notable given that she recently revealed on her personal Instagram that she\u2019s been dealing with a health situation that has caused her to turn down other roles, including a full-time MLB sideline reporter position with a franchise she declined to name. The health situation is not dire, per Hatcher, but it has been enough to shape which opportunities she has pursued since leaving NBC Sports Philadelphia.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve known this was happening for a few months, like over the course of the winter, and obviously so has my agent. And during that time, I have gotten some incredible job offers,\u201d Hatcher said. \u201cLike, I never thought anybody would come seeking out little old me for some of these potential jobs. There\u2019s one that\u2019s actually killing me: 110 games baseball sideline, pre- and postgame. The franchise is incredible. The broadcast crew is phenomenal. The money they offered was tremendous. However, I have a bit of a health issue going on. It\u2019s not dire; it\u2019s not terrible. I am fine, but it is priority number one by a million miles, and because of that, I am kind of picking and choosing the jobs I\u2019m taking a little differently for the short term.<\/p>\n After Hatcher\u2019s contract expired at the end of the 2025 season, the network eliminated the position<\/a> rather than replace her, and NBC Sports Philadelphia vice president of content Alexandra Matcham framed it publicly<\/a> as an evolution in how the network covers baseball. The network later laid out what that evolution actually looks like, which amounts to leaning on digital video producer Spencer McKercher for in-stadium content and sending Ben Davis to the dugout for more field-level work, something that became official earlier this week<\/a>. None of that is a direct replacement for what Hatcher did. She joined NBC Sports Philadelphia in 2018, spent seven seasons covering the Phillies, Flyers, Sixers, and Eagles, and had already been scaled back to home games only by the time her contract expired. The writing had been on the wall, given that NBC Sports Regional Networks signaled as early as 2020<\/a> that it was moving away from in-game reporters across its properties, making Hatcher\u2019s run at the network longer than it probably should have been, given the company\u2019s stated direction.<\/p>\n The PBA on The CW is not where most people would have guessed she\u2019d land next, but the schedule flexibility it offers \u2014 the season wraps at the end of April \u2014 presumably makes it a reasonable bridge while she manages her health situation and figures out what comes next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taryn Hatcher has found her next gig, and it is not one anyone would have predicted. 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