Ángel Hernández suffered another loss Tuesday in his racial discrimination lawsuit against Major League Baseball, as a federal court denied reinstatement of his case.
Hernández, the Cuban-born, veteran umpire, initially sued MLB in 2017, claiming the league is biased against minority umpires when deciding upon high-profile positions. At the time, he argued he had not worked in a World Series since ’05 and had been passed over for crew chief several times.
MLB promoted its first Black crew chief, Kerwin Danley, and first Latino crew chief born outside the U.S., Alfonso Márquez, both in 2020.
