 After retiring from baseball in April 2013, Nitkowski began a career in media as a writer, studio host, radio host, color analyst and play-by-play man.As a writer, he has had articles published for "Sports Illustrated", Associated Press, SB Nation, Baseball Prospectus, ESPN.com and MLB.com.From 2013-2016, he wrote exclusively for Fox Sports, including for the now defunct Just a Bit Outside, Fox's baseball microsite that attempted to follow the Monday Morning Quarterback model.