Hernandez inks deal with SNY ahead of GKR’s 18th season

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — He’s Keith Hernandez, and he’s nonetheless one of many faces of the Mets broadcast staff.

Following a weeks-long negotiation with SNY, the community that has broadcast Mets video games since 2006, Hernandez agreed this week to a brand new three-year deal to proceed masking video games by the 2025 season. His earlier contract had expired after final season.

SNY subsequently introduced that Hernandez, Ron Darling and Gary Cohen will all be in Port St. Lucie to broadcast the Mets’ spring opener on Feb. 25. (Hernandez, who retains an offseason dwelling in Florida, intends to be on website early subsequent week.)

This season will likely be a historic one for the trio higher generally known as merely “Gary, Keith and Ron.” Hernandez’s new deal locks these three in for an 18th consecutive season collectively within the sales space, passing Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy and Ralph Kiner (1962-78) for the longest uninterrupted run in Mets historical past.

Hernandez, whose No. 17 the Mets retired final summer season, started broadcasting Mets video games for MSG in 1999. He joined SNY on the community’s inception in 2006 and has since gained three native Emmy awards for finest sports activities analyst.

SNY will broadcast 11 of the Mets’ 30 Spring Training video games, with WPIX choosing up three further dates. In addition, ESPN will air the staff’s video games on Feb. 27 and 28.