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MLB-Worst Umpire Angel Hernandez in Midseason Form After Tossing St. Louis Cardinals' Veteran in Spring Training

MLB umpire Angel Hernandez appears ready for the 2024 season to begin after he spent Friday night ejecting St. Louis Cardinals' veteran Lance Lynn from a spring training game.... twice.

Brady Farkas

MLB-Worst Umpire Angel Hernandez in Midseason Form After Tossing St. Louis Cardinals' Veteran in Spring Training
MLB-Worst Umpire Angel Hernandez in Midseason Form After Tossing St. Louis Cardinals' Veteran in Spring Training /
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Veteran umpire Angel Hernandez ejected veteran pitcher Lance Lynn from a spring training game on Friday night.... twice.

Lynn, who re-signed with the St. Louis Cardinals this offseason, was ejected from his start against the Washington Nationals and then was subsequently removed from the bullpen after trying to get additional work in.

Per Cory Miller of KSDK:

Here's video of #STLCards starter Lance Lynn getting ejected by Angel Hernandez in tonight's spring training start. Lynn even got kicked out of the bullpen after trying to get some work in after the ejection. 

by our freelancer, Hot Shots Video Productions

Martinez is well-known for having a bad strike zone and is well-known for having a temper when people question him.

Per an article we wrote here back in October, Martinez finished 2023 as the lowest-rated umpire in baseball, despite missing most of the season with a back injury.

Umpire Auditor, which tracks missed calls in each game throughout the season, reported that Hernández racked up 161 bad calls in 10 games this season. Alongside their announcement that Hernández had the worst season of any umpire in the league, Umpire Auditor attached a thread of his worst moments of the year.

Hernández missed 15 calls in a game between the Miami Marlins and New York Yankees on Aug. 12, and he hit a new low when he missed another 15 calls in the Pittsburgh Pirates' victory over the Washington Nationals on Sept. 14. Based on strike zone call accuracy, Hernández's performance that day was the worst by any MLB umpire in five years.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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