It’s no secret that Angel Hernandez is not a great home plate umpire. I have an umpires folder on my desktop and Hernandez is one of a handful of umpires with his own subfolder, because the man trends like clockwork for blowing balls and strikes calls consistently when he’s assigned a game behind the plate. However, even with that backdrop it was still stunning to see that incompetence not just on display, but as a possible deciding factor in the Brewers vs. Phillies match-up on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball this past Sunday.
According to the Umpire Auditor Twitter account:
Umpire Angel Hernandez was the lowest rated umpire on the day, missing 19 calls for a correct percentage of 85.