Ángel Hernández's lawsuit accusing Major League Baseball of racial discrimination was rejected in a federal appeals court in New York on Tuesday, according to ESPN.
Hernández, who was born in Cuba, filed the case in 2017 after serving as an interim crew chief from 2011 to 2016. This came after he was passed over for a promotion to crew chief and not chosen to work the World Series. He filed the appeal in June 2022.
The 61-year-old claimed that former MLB chief baseball officer Joe Torre prevented him from being promoted because he held animosity toward Hernández.