Dallas Lee Braden (born August 13, 1983) is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator.

Braden graduated from Stagg High School in Stockton,[1] where he played baseball and ran cross country.

He made eight relief appearances, picking up a pair of victories and was promoted to the Class A Kane County Cougars and pitched exclusively as a starter.

[5] At the beginning of his minor league career, Braden was known for throwing the screwball; he abandoned it shortly after his shoulder surgery.

He was promoted to Double-A Midland where he made one start, giving up six runs in 3+1⁄3 innings pitched while receiving a no decision.

Braden began the 2007 season in Double-A Midland and was promoted to the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats after one start.

[10] He spent the entire season with Oakland, appearing in 22 games (all starts) while compiling an 8–9 record with 3.89 ERA, pitching 136+2⁄3 innings with 81 strikeouts at 42 walks.

On April 6, 2010, Braden's first outing of the season, he struck out a career high 10 batters in seven innings, allowing one run on four hits and walked one.

Rodriguez offered no apology and later engaged Braden in the press, pointing to his short career and losing record.

Braden missed the entire 2012 season and on August 21, he required an additional surgery, this time to repair the rotator cuff of his shoulder.

"[16] Overall, in his five seasons with Oakland, Braden appeared in 94 MLB games (79 starts), compiling a 26–36 record with 4.16 ERA while pitching 491+1⁄3 innings with 305 strikeouts and 141 walks.

Early in the 2016 season, Braden was moved to ESPN's Monday Night Baseball booth following the network's dismissal of Curt Schilling.

He also hosts a radio show on Barstool's SiriusXM channel called "Dialed In with Dallas Braden."

[20][21][22] Braden remained silent after the comment, later telling the media that "the nuances of live television mean that sometimes we, as broadcasters, miss some of what you, our audience, see and hear … In that moment, I missed the live comment, and I was not aware of it until the sixth inning when Glen Kuiper made an apology.

"[23][24] Braden provided color commentary for Domingo Germán's perfect game for NBC Sports California on June 28, 2023.