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[UmpireAuditor] Umpire Angel Hernandez missed 23 calls in the #Yankees #Astros game. He now has the lowest correct call rate in the league.

  • August 7, 2023


[UmpireAuditor] Umpire Angel Hernandez missed 23 calls in the #Yankees #Astros game. He now has the lowest correct call rate in the league.

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  2. Good to see he is back to form after returning from injury. Was worried it would take him time to have his accuracy lowered.

  3. How is this guy still employed?

    I don’t follow baseball news on him too much, but isn’t he the one that sued MLB because he was being “discriminated “

    No dude your calls are just ass

  10. I noticed he was not crouching down until the very, very last second as the ball was approaching. He had a back injury, so I wonder if that’s why.

    It must be hard seeing a mid-90’s fastball when your head is moving like that.

  12. After missing the first half he’s already in his usual midseason form. Hats off to Angel!

  13. Umpiring needs to work like players where you can be called up/sent down based on performance. No excuse for this guy to still be in the league just because he has been for a while.

  14. That was beautiful. I think the MLB has finally figured out the secret for Playoff Baseball- it’s finally giving us fans what we’ve been desperately begging for. Umpires. I fucking love them. I fucking love them! When I see that Ump ripping off his mask to stare down a player all I can think of is thank god it isn’t No-Nut November yet. Give me inconsistent strike zones, questionable balks, arguing with players, that’s the shit I tune in for. The players did a great job tonight at just letting the Umps call the game, the managers were screaming, the fans were looking wide-eyed and booing – THIS WAS SPORT at the highest level. I’m sure I’m not the only one who was overcome with ecstasy on that check swing call – you know, the one where the crew chief pointed to the first base ump and he punched the air like prime Mike Tyson? I don’t know about you guys, but I’ll be tuning in every game wearing my black FTX hat and jersey, throwing hands all around my apartment and screaming the calls in unison with these all-star officials at the top of my lungs. I can hardly contain my excitement for the next time a manager gets his ass booted for daring to question our boys who leave it all on the field every single week. This is a turning point for MLB ratings folks, and we all get to say we were here to witness it.

  15. To be fair, the way this reads it sounds like his correct call “rate” is the lowest, and he has called, what, two games?

    To be fairer, Angel is the worst umpire in living memory, so it’s doubtful his performance will improve.

  16. Some were bad, but I don’t believe a pitch that barely touches the edge is a strike, it should have to be right in the middle of an edge slightly skewed to inside the box, for the outside pitches to be a strike.

  18. Watching the video, you can tell by the batter’s body language they know almost every time he misses a call.

    Giancarlo (@ 43 seconds) sticks out to me because it looks like he pauses for a split second that says “…okay”

  21. I wish our announcers would stop beating around the bush with “That didn’t have to be a strike/ball” when it was clearly wrong.

    Believe it may have been Orel, on the Dodgers’ broadcast, that I hear routinely just flat out state the ump got it wrong. I like that.

  23. CB Bucknor saw that angel was coming back and took it personally. During the Royals Phils game on Friday he called some of the most egregiously low balls as strikes, and strikes that clipped the zone as balls…would love to see both of these clowns on the same crew

  25. Not to defend Angel… But we need more umpire stats! One that takes into account the pitcher and catcher, in case that skees the stats (as I assume some pitchers/ballparks are easier to spot vs. others). Also by batter, as some of those are seemingly tougher to get right.

  27. Guys, I’m starting to think this Angel character isn’t good at his job 🙁

  29. Angel is bad, but based on these clips his zone was consistent. Called high fastballs strikes, low offspeed balls. Bit off with some of the pitches on the black.

  30. This man speed ran his way back into being the worst ump in the majors. Left no doubt. True GOAT stuff.

  31. And you can bet every single call was to influence an outcome. How this guy hasn’t been investigated is a miracle.

  32. The Yankees and Astros should be ashamed of themselves. I paid good money to watch Angel Hernandez call balls and strikes….

  34. The Astro’s catcher actually frames pitches like a catcher is supposed to. Most catchers will just pull every pitch to the center of the strike zone. Well done Astro’s catcher!

  35. Those calls are….wow.

    Not even bad frames or anything, just straight up misses on everything. It’s not even consistent either, like I thought he was just expanding the zone upwards but then you see several fastballs right at the top of the zone called balls.

    Dude is just ass at his job. I fucking hate the umpires union.

  37. I am generally pro-labor, but if MLB ever wanted to try and break the umpire’s union so that umps could be called up and down just like players due based on performance, I’d suck it up and root for the owners if only so that guys like Angel could stop giving the entire profession a bad name.

  38. > He *now* has the lowest correct call rate in the league?!?

    Who the hell was at the bottom before him, Frank Drebin?

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