Kulpa is the guy best known for getting head-butted by Carl Everett back in 2000, but current major leaguers know him as one of the worst umpires in the business. Behind the plate, Kulpa has a 92. ...

Early MLB takeaways: Best and worst teams, umpires, trends. William Contreras and the Brewers are off to a strong start. What else have we seen so far -- and what will hold up from here?

Worst MLB umpires of 2024. A handful of umpires ranked worse than Hernandez in all three of the most notable umpiring categories. Below is a breakdown of the bottom 10 umpires by each key stat: ...

Chipper Jones slammed MLB umpire Doug Eddings for his poor performance in Cubs' win over Tigers, highlighting missed calls ...

Eddings, like Hernandez, long has had a reputation of being a lousy umpire, and that was underscored on Saturday, when he ...

— Those who chart MLB umpires say he’s prone to extreme outlier games when he’s behind the plate with 25-plus misses and multi-run impacts. — Players and managers have little tolerance for ...

"He was consistently one of, if not the, worst umpires ... trying their best," said the associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Umpire Hernandez sues MLB, claiming race ...

In 2023, MLB implemented new rules intended to speed up games. That only led to more confusion and a some ugly incidents. Umpires are mostly judged by how they do behind the plate, since that's ...

Best Streaming Services. ... CB Bucknor headlines worst MLB umpires in 2024. Below is a full look at each's key stats and ranks. The umpires are listed alphabetically be last name.

This time last year, the pitch clock had fundamentally changed baseball, and its effects were wide-ranging. This year, the game has fallen into relatively familiar patterns. The teams that were ...