Daron Sutton is the son of former pitcher and Hall of FamerDon Sutton,who was also a broadcaster.
Career
Sutton started his career at CNN in 1992 upon graduating from Auburn University at Montgomery in 1992 with a degree in communications.[citation needed] He also pitched professionally for two years in the Anaheim Angels and Atlanta Braves organizations.[citation needed]
Daron has been close to the game since birth as his father is MLB Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton. Daron had the opportunity to work alongside his father as a member of the Atlanta Braves broadcast team from 1997 through 1999,including hosting pre-game and post-game shows and play-by-play work for Braves telecasts on Fox Sports Net South.[citation needed]
While working in Atlanta,he also broadcast many Southeastern Conference sporting events,including basketball,gymnastics,swimming,and track and field.[citation needed]
In 2000-01,Daron served as the radio voice of the Anaheim Angels,where he worked with Mario Impemba.[citation needed] From 2002-06,Sutton was the television voice of the Milwaukee Brewers.[citation needed] In 2003,Sutton received a Chicago/Midwest chapter Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement for Individual Excellence on Camera.[citation needed] He also was nominated four other times for regional Emmy Awards in similar capacities.[citation needed]
Sutton was released from his contract by the Brewers amicably on October 23,2006,as he had sought to pursue other options.[citation needed] He was mentioned as a possible replacement for Thom Brennaman with the Arizona Diamondbacks and signed a five-year contract,with a three-year club option,to replace Brennaman on November 1,2006.[3] Sutton was the voice of the Diamondbacks until June 2012.
From 2010 until 2015,Daron also handled play-by-play assignments for Fox Saturday Baseball.[citation needed] In recent years,Sutton continued to broadcast Fox Baseball,Fox Sports 1 High School and College Football,Pac-12 Network basketball,baseball,softball,volleyball,soccer,gymnastics and wrestling,while serving as a spokesman for Perfect Game,hosting a weekly show on MLB Network Radio.[4][5][6][7]
Sutton founded and assisted in the launch of PerfectGame.TV,a streaming network devoted to the coverage of amateur baseball and softball. He serves as the network's Executive Producer and lead host,while acting as the Vice President of Content for Perfect Game.[citation needed] Sutton currently hosts three weekly shows on Sirius XM,MLB Roundtrip with Perfect Game,Perfect Game College Baseball and Perfect Game Softball,as well as a weekly syndicated television show,Perfect Game Weekly.[citation needed]
Sutton resides in Scottsdale,Arizona,and is married to Carol Wilsey-Sutton. They are parents to Abbey,Lilly,Tori and Lexi.[citation needed]
Among the various charities that he participates in,Sutton also hosted an annual charity golf tournament in the Phoenix area,which benefitted the Southwest Autism Resource and Research Center,Sutton's Stroke for the Little Folks.[citation needed]
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