Longtime Seattle Mariners announcer Dave Sims has been named as the new radio voice of the New York Yankees. The two-time Emmy Award winner, who has called Mariners games for the past 18 years, is returning to New York to replace John Sterling, who retired after a legendary career.

The Mariners will have a new voice in the broadcast booth next season. Dave Sims has been hired to become the new radio voice of the New York Yankees, the team and Sims announced Thursday on social media.

WFAN and the Yankees are set to hire Dave Sims, 71, to be their new radio play-by-player succeeding the retired John Sterling, according to sources briefed on the agreement. Sterling, 86, stepped away from the broadcast booth earlier this year but returned to be the team’s lead play-by-player for its postseason run.

Dave Sims is named Yankees radio play-by-play announcer after 18 seasons as the broadcaster for the Seattle Mariners

The New York Yankees have officially named a new play-by-play voice. Veteran broadcaster Dave Sims will replace John Sterling, who says he’s officially retired for good after a brief return to call playoff games.

The Yankees announced today that long-time Mariners announcer Dave Sims will officially be tapped to replace John Sterling as the voice of the Yankees as the play-by-play announcer on WFAN, the Yankees’ radio network.