San Diego Padres

Tony Gwynn Jr. joins Padres broadcast team in 2017

Published Feb. 28, 2017 6:34 p.m. ET

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Tony Gwynn Jr. will join the San Diego Padres' broadcast team as an analyst for FOX Sport San Diego's pregame and postgame shows on television as well as an analyst during select radio broadcasts on the club's new flagship station, FM 94.9.

Gwynn Jr. returns to San Diego after being part of the Los Angeles Dodgers postgame radio show last season.

Gwynn Jr. played for the Padres in 2009-10. His late father played for the Padres his entire 20-season career and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007.

Former big league pitcher Bob Scanlan, who previously served as color analyst on Padres radio broadcasts and as pregame and postgame show host, also joins FOX Sports as a sideline reporter.