Daron Sutton ‘very surprised’ the Angels fired him as play-by-play broadcaster

Daron Sutton, shown with his father, Hall of Famer Don, will not be part of the Angels broadcast team the rest of this season. It was the Angels’ decision though.” He later added: “I was very surprised.” Sutton said his removal was “100% without incident” and unrelated to any disciplinary action. Sports Angels part ways with broadcaster Daron Sutton for rest of season Daron Sutton said he will not be part of the Angels’ broadcast team for the remainder of the season, he told The Times on Sunday. What made me most sad was to see my family sad.” Sutton, the son of the late Hall of Fame Dodgers and Angels pitcher Don Sutton, was hired in March along with Matt Vasgersian as the team’s two new play-by-play broadcasters, replacing Victor Rojas after Rojas took a job this offseason as an executive of a minor league team. Vasgersian is the Angels’ primary broadcaster, but has called only 29 of the club’s games on Bally Sports West this season because of his other obligations with MLB Network and as ESPN’s lead broadcaster on “Sunday Night Baseball.” That left Sutton to call most of the games in the first half — he did 53 in all — alongside color commentators Mark Gubicza and José Mota.