10 worst umpires in Major League Baseball

It certainly feels like major league baseballReferees have gotten worse over the past few years. The work that goes behind home plate has been largely atrocious for quite some time and that’s why we’re fast moving towards a world where robots are calling balls and strikes. It’s not much better on the pitch, where a robust replay system had to be put in place to deal with the astonishing number of blown calls. Even with Joe West retired, there are still too many bad referees to count. Alright, let’s try anyway.

The following is our look at the 10 worst umpires in MLB.

There is no other answer here. No umpire in baseball is also bad at his job like Hernández. Everybody knows it, even MLB. Not only is he bad, but he’s terribly bad and courts controversy almost every time he’s behind the plate. Set aside several times botch big calls in the fieldHernandez’s work behind the dish is still atrocious. Kyle Schwarber’s recent outburst over the veteran referee is just the latest in a long line of controversies he has been embroiled in. The game would be better without Hernandez, but somehow he still has a job.