Current:Home > MyMLB playoffs: Who are the umpires for every AL and NL Wild Card series? -SecureNest Finance
MLB playoffs: Who are the umpires for every AL and NL Wild Card series?
View
Date:2025-04-18 07:40:05
The 12 teams in the 2024 MLB postseason are all settled after the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets each clinched spots by splitting the doubleheader they needed Monday to sort out the playoff race in the National League.
Now come the games baseball fans have been waiting to see.
All four best-of-three wild card series begin Tuesday, starting with Game 1 between the Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers in the American League, and every decision and call will be magnified. That goes for the umpires, too.
Though replay was introduced to the game several years ago, it still very much matters to players, managers and fans alike who's serving as a crew chief for a postseason series, and especially who's calling balls and strikes for a particular game. Ahead of the start of the wild card round Tuesday, MLB announced the umpires working each series and where they'll be positioned.
Here's a rundown of what umpires to expect working games when the 2024 MLB postseason begins this week, what the schedule looks like, and what channel to watch all the action:
Follow every MLB game: Latest MLB scores, stats, schedules and standings.
PITCHING MATTERS:MLB playoffs are a 'different monster' but aces still reign in October
2024 MLB wild card series umpire schedule
Note: Umpires rotate from right field to left and then clockwise around the bases starting at third during an MLB postseason series, so the ump at second base for the opener will be behind the plate for a potential Game 3 in the wild card round.
Detroit Tigers at Houston Astros
- Alfonso Marquez (crew chief): Third base for Game 1
- Tony Randazzo: Home plate for Game 1
- Jordan Baker: First base for Game 1; Home plate for Game 2
- Will Little: Second base for Game 1; Home plate for Game 3
- Jeremie Rehak: Left field for Game 1
- Junior Valentine: Right field for Game 1
Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles
- Bill Miller (crew chief): Third base for Game 1
- Ryan Additon: Home plate for Game 1
- Ben May: First base for Game 1; Home plate for Game 2
- Nic Lentz: Second base for Game 1; Home plate for Game 3
- David Rackley: Left field for Game 1
- Malachi Moore: Right field for Game 1
New York Mets at Milwaukee Brewers
- Alan Porter (crew chief): Third base for Game 1
- Alex Tosi: Home plate for Game 1
- Chris Segal: First base for Game 1; Home plate for Game 2
- Vic Carapazza: Second base for Game 1; Home plate for Game 3
- Mike Estabrook: Left field for Game 1
- Brennan Miller: Right field for Game 1
Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres
- Dan Iassogna (crew chief): Third base for Game 1
- Nestor Ceja: Home plate for Game 1
- Phil Cuzzi: First base for Game 1; Home plate for Game 2
- Jansen Visconti: Second base for Game 1; Home plate for Game 3
- Mark Wegner: Left field for Game 1
- Erich Bacchus: Right field for Game 1
2024 MLB postseason schedule
Wild Card Series (Best-of-3):
TUESDAY, OCT. 1
- Game 1: Tigers at Astros | 2:32 p.m. ET | ABC
- Game 1: Royals at Orioles | 4:08 p.m. ET | ESPN2
- Game 1: Mets at Brewers | 5:32 p.m. ET | ESPN
- Game 1: Braves at Padres | 8:38 p.m. ET | ESPN
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2:
- Game 2: Tigers at Astros | 2:32 p.m. ET | ABC
- Game 2: Royals at Orioles | 4:38 p.m. ET | ESPN
- Game 2: Mets at Brewers | 7:38 p.m. ET | ESPN
- Game 2: Braves at Padres | 8:38 p.m. ET | ESPN2
THURSDAY, OCT. 3 (if necessary)
- Game 3: Tigers at Astros | 2:32 p.m. ET | ABC
- Game 3: Royals at Orioles | 4:08 p.m. ET | ESPN
- Game 3: Braves at Padres | 7:08 p.m. ET |ESPN
- Game 3: Mets at Brewers | 8:38 p.m. ET | ESPN2
veryGood! (14294)
Related
- See you latte: Starbucks plans to cut 30% of its menu
- 93-year-old vet missed Christmas cards. Now he's got more than 600, from strangers nationwide.
- A Chevrolet dealer offered an AI chatbot on its website. It told customers to buy a Ford
- Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are spending New Year's Eve separately. Here's why.
- Working Well: When holidays present rude customers, taking breaks and the high road preserve peace
- U.S. imposes more Russian oil price cap sanctions and issues new compliance rules for shippers
- Homicide victim found dead in 1979 near Las Vegas Strip ID’d as missing 19-year-old from Cincinnati
- Jason Kelce takes blame on penalty for moving ball: 'They've been warning me of that for years'
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- Billy Crystal makes first trip back to Katz's Deli from 'When Harry Met Sally' scene
Ranking
- Nearly 400 USAID contract employees laid off in wake of Trump's 'stop work' order
- AI systems can’t be named as the inventor of patents, UK’s top court rules
- 15 Celeb-Approved White Elephant Gifts Under $30 From Amazon That Will Steal The Show
- Ex-New York Giants running back Derrick Ward arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of robbery
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Kylie Minogue on success and surviving cancer: I sing to process everything
- Cinnamon in recalled applesauce pouches may have had 2,000 times the proposed limit of lead
- Humblest Christmas tree in the world sells for more than $4,000 at auction
Recommendation
McKinsey to pay $650 million after advising opioid maker on how to 'turbocharge' sales
Plane breaks through thin ice on Minnesota ice fishing lake, 2 days after 35 anglers were rescued
Mother of a child punished by a court for urinating in public refuses to sign probation terms
The poinsettia by any other name? Try ‘cuetlaxochitl’ or ‘Nochebuena’
Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
The French parliament approves a divisive immigration bill, prompting a heated debate
Stock market today: World shares advance after Wall Street ticks higher amid rate-cut hopes
IRS to offer pandemic-related relief on some penalties to nearly 5 million taxpayers