2023 AL and NL Division Series Umpire Roster

[Lindsay]

Major League Baseball assigned 24 umpires to the 2023 American and National League Division Series round of the MLB postseason featuring Orioles-Rangers, Astros-Twins (ALDS), Braves-Phillies, and Dodgers-Diamondbacks (NLDS). Crew Chiefs are Alfonso Márquez, Bill Miller, Mark Carlson, and Todd Tichenor.

Crew Chiefs are indicated in bold text and by the -cc suffix with regular season crew chiefs denoted by an asterisk (*). Those working their first Division Series are marked with ^1st DS^ postseason will be noted with a ^1st Postseason^ 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). Games 4 and 5 plates are if necessary.

AL Division Series (Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers) Umpires:

HP: Lance Barrett [Game 1 Plate]                    [3 WC, 3rd Division Series, 1 LCS]

1B: John Libka ^1st DS^ [Game 2 Plate]         [1 WC, 1st Division Series]

2B: Alfonso Márquez* -cc [Game 3 Plate]     [3 WC, 12th Division Series, 6 LCS, 4 WS]

3B: Cory Blaser [Game 4 Plate]                       [3 WC, 5th Division Series, 2 LCS]

LF: Quinn Wolcott [Game 5 Plate]                   [3 WC, 4th Division Series, 1 LCS]

RF: Nic Lentz                                                    [2nd Division Series]

AL Division Series (Houston Astros vs Minnesota Twins) Umpires:

HP: Brian Knight [Game 1 Plate]                 [3 WC, 5th Division Series, 1 LCS]

1B: DJ Reyburn [Game 2 Plate]                   [2 WC, 4th Division Series, 1 LCS]

2B: Bill Miller* -cc [Game 3 Plate]             [6 WC, 11th Division Series, 8 LCS, 4 WS]

3B: Jansen Visconti [Game 4 Plate]              [1 WC, 2nd Division Series]

LF: John Tumpane [Game 5 Plate]               [2 WC, 4th Division Series, 1 LCS]

RF: Roberto Ortiz ^1st DS^                          [1 WC, 1st Division Series]

NL Division Series (Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies) Umpires:

HP: Brian O'Nora [Game 1 Plate]               [7th Division Series, 1 LCS, 1 WS]

1B: Ben May ^1st DS^ [Game 2 Plate]       [1 WC, 1st Division Series]

2B: Mark Carlson* -cc [Game 3 Plate]     [2 WC, 7th Division Series, 6 LCS, 2 WS]

3B: David Rackley [Game 4 Plate]             [4 WC, 3rd Division Series, 1 LCS]

LF: Chris Guccione [Game 5 Plate]            [6 WC, 8th Division Series, 5 LCS, 2 WS]

RF: Ramon De Jesus ^1st DS^                    [1 WC, 1st Division Series]

NL Division Series (LA Dodgers vs Arizona Diamondbacks) Umpires:

HP: Vic Carapazza [Game 1 Plate]             [2 WC, 6th Division Series, 2 LCS]

1B: Gabe Morales [Game 2 Plate]              [2 WC, 2nd Division Series]

2B: Todd Tichenor* -cc [Game 3 Plate]    [3 WC, 6th Division Series, 3 LCS, 1 WS]

3B: Will Little                                              [3 WC, 5th Division Series, 1 LCS]

LF: Jim Wolf                                                [3 WC, 6th Division Series, 5 LCS, 2 WS]

RF: Ryan Additon ^1st Postseason^            [1st Division Series]

Division Series Replay Review: Nestor Ceja, Bruce Dreckman, Junior Valentine, Chad Whitson.

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Alternate Link: Postseason Umpire Roster Announcement: 2023 ALDS and NLDS

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[SeeingEyeDog]

No Pat Hoberg? That's an infamnia...

~Dawg

[dumbdumb]

4 hours ago, SeeingEyeDog said:

No Pat Hoberg? That's an infamnia...

~Dawg

you are just going to have to accept the comment on CCS under the wild-card comments, as a possible reason.

unless you are just phishing for those in the know to expound on the, reasons unknown.

 

Russ Sam Ryan 3 days ago

Hoberg missed the last 2 weeks of the season for reasons unknown.

and P.S. 5 minutes later

a big thing to look for under 1st year DS assignments, is the confidence of the league to put a new comer into the HP rotation, rather than starting in RF or in the replay booth, like they did with Hoberg (HP opening game) in 2019.

and with Hoberg hired FT in 2017, we could be looking at a future CC at the 10 year point or under, maybe since Drew Coble in his 10th year in 1991.

[SeeingEyeDog]

9 hours ago, dumbdumb said:

you are just going to have to accept the comment on CCS under the wild-card comments, as a possible reason.

 

Should The Game come playoffs have the best umpires on the field who will call the best game...or should we simply reward seniority? We currently have 8 teams playing 4 series, requiring 24 umpires plus the replay umpires. I have Hoberg as a top 5 umpire and the data supports that. For certain, he is in the top 24. I don't have to accept anything...if Hoberg is injured, if he has a family or personal matter to attend to, it's an infamnia.

~Dawg

[dumbdumb]

On 10/7/2023 at 7:25 PM, SeeingEyeDog said:

Should The Game come playoffs have the best umpires on the field who will call the best game...or should we simply reward seniority? We currently have 8 teams playing 4 series, requiring 24 umpires plus the replay umpires. I have Hoberg as a top 5 umpire and the data supports that. For certain, he is in the top 24. I don't have to accept anything...if Hoberg is injured, if he has a family or personal matter to attend to, it's an infamnia.

~Dawg

from CCS comments

 

tmac Mod Beeven8tor 15 hours ago

Porter was indeed scheduled to work the ALCS. He was indeed replaced last minute. He is not injured, and at CCS we don't comment on personal matters! (not that you would ask)

Russ Lucas 15 hours ago

I don't think it's the amount of time that Hoberg missed, but it's the fact that he missed the last 2 weeks so whatever kept him out then is probably still keeping him out.