MLB Crews

[LRZ]

Reading Gil's article about how Dale Scott's crew is handling Scott's absence, I wondered why MLB shuffles crew members. Or are crews fairly stable? 

[MLB umpire observer]

Crews are pretty stable, but with the crew chief out they want a strong 2 on the crew, and they don't want 2 fill ins on the same crew, which leads to crew shuffling 

[LRZ]

I thought it odd that Joe West was shuffled in and out. But he's certainly a "strong 2"! 

[MLB umpire observer]

His crew was in replay that week and he works when his crew goes to replay to get more games show they put him as the crew chief on Scott's crew

[Haid D' Salaami]

23 hours ago, LRZ said:

I thought it odd that Joe West was shuffled in and out. But he's certainly a "strong 2"! 

Joe shuffles because he never takes vacation... hes trying to get the most games worked, so he will move around a bunch.