According to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, Josh Lewin is leaving the Mets radio team to take on a role with the San Diego Padres radio.
Sources have told Marchand that Lewin will be taking on a newly created position on Padres radio in which he will primarily be the pre- and postgame host.
Lewin, 50, currently serves as the voice of UCLA basketball and football. He previously covered the San Diego Chargers for a dozen years before the team moved to Los Angeles.
Lewin’s new role will be similar to the one Wayne Randazzo had on WOR-710 AM with the Mets.
Original Report – November 17
As the New York Mets prepare to transition from WOR to WCBS-AM for the 2019 season, not everyone will be coming along. As he has confirmed himself, the Mets have parted ways with Josh Lewin.
Working alongside fan-favorite and longtime broadcaster Howie Rose since 2012 (the year before the Mets first left the airwaves at WFAN), Lewin had worked as a TV voice with the Texas Rangers on Fox Sports Southwest from 2002-2010, and had also covered the San Diego Chargers between 2005-2016 before they moved to Los Angeles.
He is one of baseball’s more outspoken advocates for increased mental health awareness, and has openly shared his experiences suffering from general anxiety disorder and depression on Okay Together – a site he launched this past summer that shares testimonials of professional athletes struggling with mental illness.
WCBS supervisor Mark Chernoff, who made the decision with the ballclub’s approval, has not specified who Lewin’s replacement will be, although it has been reported that Wayne Randazzo (who has served primarily in pregame and postgame shows while also working as an occasional fill-in for Rose/Lewin) is not a candidate, and his return to the booth is also up in the air.
Bob Raismann of the New York Daily News first broke the news of Lewin’s dismissal, as well as the details of his potential replacement.
