Joel Sherman

Joel Sherman is an insider appearing across MLB Network's programming. Throughout the year, Sherman contributes to the Emmy Award-winning flagship studio show MLB Tonight, MLB Now, MLB Network's Trade Deadline and National Baseball Hall of Fame coverage, and the offseason weekday morning show Hot Stove.

In addition to his role with MLB Network, Sherman is a national baseball columnist for the New York Post. Sherman began working at United Press International in 1984, a year before he graduated from New York University with a bachelor's degree in journalism.

Sherman joined the New York Post in February 1989, serving as the beat writer for the Yankees from 1989 to 1995 and as the baseball columnist ever since.

Besides his regular column in the Post, Sherman has served as a baseball contributor to SI.com, MSG Network's SportsDesk, New York 1's Sports on One, MSNBC's The Last Word, ESPN New York and the YES Network.

Sherman has written freelance articles for many publications, including ESPN the Magazine, Sports Illustrated for Kids and New York magazine. Sherman's book, Birth of a Dynasty: Behind the Pinstripes with the 1996 Yankees, was published in 2006 and told the detailed story of how the Yankees' dynasty in the 1990s was constructed.

Sherman was chairman of the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America from 1997 to 1998 after serving as vice chairman the previous two years. Sherman has served on several national committees for the BBWAA, including the one that created the ballot for the redesigned voting structure for the National Baseball Hall of Fame Veterans Committee. Sherman has been a Hall of Fame voter since 1998. Sherman is a recipient of the Dick Young Award for excellence in baseball reporting given annually by the New York area scouts.