Sutton started his career at CNN in 1992 upon graduating from
Auburn University at Montgomery in 1992 with a degree in communications. He also pitched professionally for two years in the Anaheim Angels and Atlanta Braves organizations. Daron has been close to the game since birth as his father is MLB Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton. Daron had the opportunity to work alongside his father as a member of the
Atlanta Braves broadcast team from 1997 through 1999, including hosting pre-game and post-game shows and play-by-play work for Braves telecasts on
Fox Sports Net South. While working in Atlanta, he also broadcast many
Southeastern Conference sporting events, including basketball, gymnastics, swimming, and track and field. In 2000-01, Daron served as the radio voice of the Anaheim Angels, where he worked with
Mario Impemba. From 2002-06, Sutton was the television voice of the Milwaukee Brewers. In 2003, Sutton received a Chicago/Midwest chapter
Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement for Individual Excellence on Camera. He also was nominated four other times for regional Emmy Awards in similar capacities. Sutton was released from his contract by the Brewers amicably on October 23, 2006, as he had sought to pursue other options. He was mentioned as a possible replacement for
Thom Brennaman with the
Arizona Diamondbacks and signed a five-year contract, with a three-year club option, to replace Brennaman on November 1, 2006. Sutton was the voice of the Diamondbacks until June 2012. From 2010 until 2015, Daron also handled play-by-play assignments for Fox Saturday Baseball. In recent years, Sutton continued to broadcast Fox Baseball, Fox Sports 1 High School and College Football,
Pac-12 Network basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, soccer, gymnastics and wrestling, while serving as a spokesman for Perfect Game, hosting a weekly show on MLB Network Radio. Sutton founded and assisted in the launch of PerfectGame.TV, a streaming network devoted to the coverage of amateur baseball and softball. He serves as the network's Executive Producer and lead host, while acting as the Vice President of Content for Perfect Game. Sutton currently hosts three weekly shows on
Sirius XM, MLB Roundtrip with Perfect Game, Perfect Game College Baseball and Perfect Game Softball, as well as a weekly syndicated television show, Perfect Game Weekly. On March 11, 2021, Sutton rejoined the
Los Angeles Angels as a play-by-play broadcaster on
Bally Sports West, sharing the role with
Matt Vasgersian. In May of 2022, Sutton joined the
Los Angeles Dodgers as their fill-in play-by-play broadcaster on
Spectrum SportsNet LA, filling in for primary broadcaster
Joe Davis when he was broadcasting national games for
Fox Sports. ==Personal life==