MLB ANALYST
MLB ANALYST
World Series Champion and two-time Major League Baseball All-Star, AJ Pierzynski serves as a game and studio analyst for FOX Sports. Pierzynski officially joined FOX Sports in 2017 following his retirement from baseball. Prior to that, the catcher appeared in a guest analyst role for the network’s postseason coverage from 2011-2013 and 2015.
A career .280 hitter with more than 2,000 hits, Pierzynski began his major league career with the Minnesota Twins in 1998, also playing for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves. A two-time MLB All-Star (2002, 2006), the left-handed hitter won a World Series title with the White Sox in 2005 and garnered the Silver Slugger Award in 2012.
Born in Bridgehampton, NY, Pierzynski resides in Orlando, Fla., with his wife, Lisa, and their two children. He earned All-State honors at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando and signed a letter of intent to play at the University of Tennessee before signing with the Minnesota Twins, who drafted him in the third round (71st overall) in 1994.
