Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the red-hot Blue Jays have surged in the postseason standings, and they hope to keep it going against future Hall of Famer Miguel Cabrera and the Tigers in this week’s “MLB Sunday Leadoff,” exclusively on Peacock at noon ET.
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The Blue Jays came out firing on all cylinders after the All-Star break, including a 28-5 shellacking of the Red Sox to set off a sweep at Fenway. Toronto has taken second place in the American League East, and is currently leading for the first of three AL Wild Card spots.
Play-by-play man Jason Benetti is joined in the booth by Tigers analyst Dan Petry, a 13-year veteran who won the World Series with Detroit in 1984, and Blue Jays counterpart Pat Tabler, also a World Series champion with Toronto.
NBC Sports’ Ahmed Fareed hosts the MLB Sunday Leadoff pre- and postgame shows each week, and also serves as the in-game reporter. This Sunday, Fareed is joined by former All-Star Cliff Floyd, a frequent contributor, and Rob Friedman, aka PitchingNinja on Twitter (@PitchingNinja), who provides pregame pitching breakdowns.
MLB Sunday Leadoff on Peacock debuted on May 8, beginning an 18-week schedule of exclusive MLB contests every Sunday morning. Peacock was also the exclusive home of the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game.
The MLB Sunday Leadoff game each week is the only game scheduled until 1:30 p.m. ET, when the rest of the day’s action will begin. The start time for each MLB Sunday Leadoff game is noon ET for the remainder of the games through Sept. 4.