Jeff Passan has emerged as a candidate, along with The Athletic's Shams Charania, to switch sports and replace Adrian Wojnarowski at ESPN.

ESPN baseball insider Jeff Passan is a top candidate for the job, along with Charania, according to a new report from The Athletic on Saturday. The report cited six sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The report about top candidates to replace Wojnarowski follows news this week that ESPN laid off NBA writer Zach Lowe.

Jeff Passan, ESPN’s top MLB insider, has emerged as a candidate to switch over and become the network’s top NBA insider, according to The Athletic. He joined ESPN in 2019 after working for Yahoo Sports and makes around $1 million per year, per the report.

As ESPN looks for a successor to Adrian Wojnarowski on the NBA beat following his surprise retirement, the network has reportedly targeted Shams Charania

Since the sudden departure of ESPN's NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski, the big question is who will replace him?

This week’s SI Media With Jimmy Traina podcast features a conversation with ESPN’s top MLB insider, Jeff Passan.Passan was so good on the podcast that I can’t pick out just one highlight to write about,

When Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN’s senior NBA insider, recently left to take a general manager role at his alma mater, St. Bonaventure University, ESPN found itself in a significant dilemma: who would take over as the top NBA insider?