Rosters - 2022 AL and NL Wild Card Series

[Lindsay]

Major League Baseball assigned 24 umpires to the 2022 American and National League Wild Card Series round of the MLB postseason featuring Guardians-Rays & Blue Jays-Mariners (AL) and Cardinals-Phillies & Mets-Padres (NL) matchups. Crew Chiefs for this round of the postseason include Ted Barrett, Jerry Meals, Jeff Nelson, and Alfonso Márquez.

Crew Chiefs are indicated in bold text and by the -cc suffix with regular season crew chiefs denoted by an asterisk (*) while those working their first postseason will be noted with a ^1st^ mark. The following listings feature Game 1 configurations such that the plate umpire from Game 1 will work right field in Game 2, and all other umpires will move clockwise (e.g., 3B becomes 2B). 

AL Wild Card (Cleveland Guardians @ Tampa Bay Rays) Umpires:

HP: Doug Eddings [Game 1 Plate]                 [3rd Wild Card, 6 DS, 1 LCS, 1 WS]

1B: Adam Hamari [Game 2 Plate]                 [3rd Wild Card, 1 DS]

2B: Quinn Wolcott [Game 3 Plate]                [3rd Wild Card, 3 DS]

3B: Ted Barrett* -cc                                     [6th Wild Card, 12 DS, 9 LCS, 5 WS]

LF: Hunter Wendelstedt                                [2nd Wild Card, 5 DS, 4 LCS, 1 WS]

RF: Chad Whitson ^1st^                               [1st Wild Card]

AL Wild Card (Toronto Blue Jays vs Seattle Mariners) Umpires:

HP: Lance Barrett [Game 1 Plate]                 [3rd Wild Card, 2 DS]

1B: Todd Tichenor [Game 2 Plate]               [3rd Wild Card, 5 DS, 2 LCS, 1 WS]

2B: Brian Knight [Game 3 Plate]                 [3rd Wild Card, 4 DS]

3B: Jerry Meals* -cc                                   [3rd Wild Card, 9 DS, 3 LCS, 2 WS]

LF: Andy Fletcher                                        [3rd Wild Card, 2 DS]

RF: Roberto Ortiz ^1st^                               [1st Wild Card]

NL Wild Card (St Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies) Umpires:

HP: DJ Reyburn [Game 1 Plate]                 [2nd Wild Card, 3 DS]

1B: Vic Carapazza [Game 2 Plate]             [2nd Wild Card, 5 DS, 1 LCS]

2B: Mike Muchlinski [Game 3 Plate]        [2nd Wild Card, 3 DS, 1 LCS, 1 WS]

3B: Jeff Nelson* -cc                                  [6th Wild Card, 8 DS, 9 LCS, 4 WS]

LF: Laz Diaz*                                            [3rd Wild Card, 7 DS, 4 LCS, 3 WS]

RF: John Libka ^1st^                                [1st Wild Card]

NL Wild Card (New York Mets vs San Diego Padres) Umpires:

HP: Adrian Johnson [Game 1 Plate]       [2nd Wild Card, 4 DS]

1B: Chris Guccione [Game 2 Plate]       [6th Wild Card, 7 DS, 4 LCS, 2 WS]

2B: Chris Conroy [Game 3 Plate]          [3rd Wild Card, 2 DS, 2 LCS, 1 WS]

3B: Alfonso Márquez* -cc                    [3rd Wild Card, 11 DS, 5 LCS, 4 WS]

LF: Bruce Dreckman                              [1st Wild Card, 5 DS, 2 LCS]

RF: Ben May ^1st^                               [1st Wild Card]

Wild Card Series Replay Review: Dan Bellino, Rob Drake, Manny Gonzalez, Mark Wegner*.

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Alternate Link: Umpires assigned to MLB's 2022 AL and NL Wild Card Series games (CCS).

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[834k3r]

I'll admit I know nothing of the internal conversations and decisions about assignments for games during the MLB playoffs, but I was surprised to not see Tumpane's name on the list.

[SH0102]

2 hours ago, 834k3r said:

I'll admit I know nothing of the internal conversations and decisions about assignments for games during the MLB playoffs, but I was surprised to not see Tumpane's name on the list.

Not every umpire on wildcard round moves on, if you’re newer and it’s your first postseason, you prob start with just wildcard round.

So someone has to take their place. There are umpires who will work the next series not on these and vice versa, so he prob will be on next round.

Or….the 3 balks doomed him 🤷‍♂️  

[dumbdumb]

1 hour ago, SH0102 said:

Not every umpire on wildcard round moves on, if you’re newer and it’s your first postseason, you prob start with just wildcard round.

So someone has to take their place. There are umpires who will work the next series not on these and vice versa, so he prob will be on next round.

Or….the 3 balks doomed him 🤷‍♂️  

all assignments other than WS have been given out per MLBU media guide

supposedly he is in the DS (per CCS article After Pandemic Halts History, Lisa Turbitt Takes WBC Field   comment section) and he would be eligible for a WS, especially since he has worked an LCS in 2020. who knows what will happen. and all WS umpires will come from those working the DS. they are notified of a WS the day after the very last DS game. heck, they may get a call on the plane flight on their way home the next day.

[gnhbua93]

I wonder of the guys who got their first on field assignments are first or second year full time umpires. If anyone have that information, please post it.

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[dumbdumb]

On 10/8/2022 at 7:51 PM, gnhbua93 said:

I wonder of the guys who got their first on field assignments are first or second year full time umpires. If anyone have that information, please post it.

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Ortiz, Libka and May are 1st year full timers

Rehak is a 2nd year full timer

Whitson was hired in July 2019