Major League Baseball has a serious umpiring problem right now, and most of it has to do with two veterans who continue to be really bad at their jobs - Angel Hernandez and Laz Diaz.
These two guys were both working behind home plate in separate games on Sunday and they both put forward some of the worst performances that you’ll ever see.
We’ve already gone over Hernandez’s struggles in the Giants-Braves game in Atlanta. Now let’s look at Diaz’s dreadful afternoon in the Twins-Pirates matchup in Minnesota.
The fine folks at Umpire Scorecards have the final numbers and they are not good:
Umpire: Laz Diaz
— Umpire Scorecards (@UmpScorecards) August 21, 2023
Final: Pirates 0, Twins 2#LetsGoBucs // #MNTwins#PITvsMIN // #MINvsPIT
More stats for this game 👇https://t.co/6lFtRNmUUX pic.twitter.com/7efEn6AKUU
We told you it was awful.
This video of Diaz’s bad calls should have Rob Manfred and Co. pretty upset with what his happening to their product way too often.
Today in umpiring...a thread😩
— Umpire Auditor (@UmpireAuditor) August 21, 2023
Umpire Laz Diaz called one of the worst games I've ever seen.
He missed 20 calls (4 of those were strikeouts) and 16 went against the #Pirates. His stats were terrible, but somehow the video looks even worse.
/1 pic.twitter.com/KFMr9uDWFx
That's some embarrassing stuff.
Fans rightfully crushed Diaz:
Diaz and Hernandez being behind the plate on the same day is ELITE level trolling. AUTOMATED STRIKE ZONE NOW https://t.co/UhpFyn2ZMB
— Rod Brooks (@rodbrooksTV) August 21, 2023
He's tired of Angel getting all of the publicity. https://t.co/w9BsrqvMvl
— Gaerith Hall (@gaerith2) August 21, 2023
Diaz has got to be the worst umpire I’ve ever seen https://t.co/dR5vDMP55R
— taylor (@ay_taybay) August 21, 2023
😄 Odd how a 9 ERA pitcher threw perfect game into 7th inning https://t.co/j8fb5oWcka
— Mason (@allunsolicited) August 21, 2023
If MLB doesn't care about getting calls right, why should I care to watch it? I get there's going to be human error but some of these are blatantly missed https://t.co/78oicvVCoO
— Jason (@PREM1186) August 21, 2023
Oh my goodness this is terrible https://t.co/3lpBrSwdCW
— playlist papi (@dalsharp) August 21, 2023
This isn't "the human element" this is gross incompetence.
— Adam H 🇨🇦🥁👨💻⚛️🌐🎧🥌⛳ (@wastedsundays) August 21, 2023
The sad part is, this guy isn't even the worst umpire, statistically, because Angel Hernandez is still employed. https://t.co/mTxV0FTRqh
