Broadcasters

Rick Rizzs

RICK RIZZS, the Mariners primary voice on radio, is in his 37th season with the broadcast team in 2022. In 2020, his 35 seasons with the Mariners surpassed Dave Niehaus as the longest-tenured broadcaster in club history. Rick has been a part of the Mariners broadcast team continuously since 1995, following an original nine-year stint with the club from 1983-1991.

Rick received the 2017 Keith Jackson Award from the Seattle Sports Commission for excellence in communicating the sports stories of our state.

Rick is a 1975 graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. From 1975-80, he handled double-A baseball play-by-play duties for Alexandria, Amarillo and Memphis. He became the sports director at WBNS radio in Columbus, Ohio in 1981, where he called Ohio State football and Triple-A baseball for two seasons. He was named the Ohio "Sportscaster of the Year" in 1981 by the Ohio Sportscasters Association. Rick was originally hired to broadcast Mariners games in 1983 and spent nine seasons with the club. In 2000, Rick was named the Chicago-area sportscaster of the year by the Chicago Pitch and Hit Club. He also spent three seasons calling the play-by-play with Bob Rathbun on radio for the Detroit Tigers from 1992-94.

Throughout the year, Rick also heads Toys For Kids, a non-profit he co-founded in 1995. In 2021, Toys for Kids donated toys for more than 16,000 homeless and hospitalized children and presented eight $5,000 Dave Henderson college scholarship awards. Rick resides in Issaquah. He has one son, Nick, two grandsons, Jaxon and Braedon, and one granddaughter, Ryan.

Aaron Goldsmith

AARON GOLDSMITH enters his 10th season with the Mariners broadcast team in 2022. Goldsmith calls Mariners baseball on radio and TV, and is actively involved in non-game related broadcasting, including the Mariners Hot Stove Show, Cactus League Report and Sunday Mariners Magazine. He also hosts The Wheelhouse with Jerry Dipoto, a podcast with the Mariners President of Baseball Operations. Aaron broadcasts Major League Baseball, college football and college basketball on FOX, FS1 and Pac-12 Network.

A St. Louis, Mo., native, Aaron graduated from Principia College in Elsah, IL, with a BA in history. After college he attended the Broadcast Center in St. Louis, earning a certificate in Radio Broadcasting and Production. He spent the 2012 season as the lead announcer for the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox. Prior to joining Pawtucket, Goldsmith spent the 2010 and 2011 seasons as the radio broadcaster for the Frisco RoughRiders, the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. He also served as the team’s Manager of Broadcasting/Media Development. In 2009, Aaron was the broadcaster/studio host for the Portland Sea Dogs, the Red Sox Double-A affiliate in the Eastern League. Goldsmith began his broadcast career in 2007 with the Gateway Grizzlies in the independent Frontier League, and called the Bourne Braves games in the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2008. Aaron lives in Seattle with his wife and three children.

Gary Hill Jr.

GARY HILL JR. enters his fifth season as the Executive Producer/Engineer for all Mariners radio broadcasts in 2022. The Tacoma native joined the club full-time in 2018 after spending 8 seasons in a variety of roles with the Mariners Radio Network from 2010-2017.

Since 2010, Gary has hosted Mariners pre- and post-game shows, filled in on play-by-play duties, hosted the Mariners official daily podcast and contributed to the Sunday Mariners Magazine. In his current role, he continues to have an on-air presence as a member of the Mariners broadcast team. After graduating from Washington State University in 2000, Gary has been a fixture on local sports radio, covering baseball, basketball and football. He is also currently the voice of University of Washington women's basketball. Gary resides in Burien, Wash., with his wife, Mary, children, Finley and Baker, and dog Satchel.

Jim Armintrout

JIM ARMINTROUT is in his fourth full season with Mariners television in 2020. He serves as the director for telecasts on ROOT SPORTS™ Northwest.

Born and raised in Edmonds, Wash., Jim has been working in the television industry for more than 30 years, including the last 27 years as a producer or director with MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL clubs. He directed Mariners telecasts for NHK (Japan) from 2001-2003, and from 2013-2016 directed a partial schedule of Mariners telecasts. Most recently, he has directed Colorado Rockies telecasts on ROOT SPORTS™ Rocky Mountain and Los Angeles Lakers telecasts on Spectrum SportsNet. He resides in West Seattle with his wife Guadalupe. They have two daughters, Alea and Kiera.

Steve Guasch

STEVE GUASCH is in his 2nd season as Spanish play-by-play voice of the Mariners broadcast team in 2024. As a current Salsa music producer and band leader, Steve passionately shares his unique skill set with to the broadcasting team. Born in Manhattan, NY and raised in Bayamon, PR. Guasch has been a resident of Washington State since 1987.

In addition to being a broadcaster, Guasch previously served in the United States Army in Ft Lewis, WA. In 2013, Steve joined the Seattle Seahawks Spanish broadcast team with ESPN Deportes Radio as an on-air analyst, commentator, and engineer. He is currently working as a licensed Real Estate broker in Washington State and is continuing to pursue his career in music performance and production with Salsaneo Records. He is currently living in Lynnwood, WA with his wife Zulma and two children, Zulma and Jesse.