Former major leaguers Al Leiter and Harold Reynolds were hired Wednesday as studio analysts for the MLB Network, which launches Jan. 1.
Leiter spent the last three seasons as a broadcaster for the New York Yankees' YES Network. Reynolds had been a commentator for MLB.com since last year.
Trenni Kusnierek and Hazel Mae were hired as reporters. Kusnierek spent last season as a Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster for FSN Wisconsin and Mae had worked as an NESN anchor since 2004.

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