Secaucus, N.J. ? 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 anchor of NESN since 2004.