Angel Hernandez claims MLB ‘manipulated’ year-end reviews of minority umpires: report

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Controversial MLB umpire Angel Hernandez has accused the league of "manipulating the performance of Mr. Hernandez and other minority umpires," which in turn has prevented more minority umpires from becoming crew chiefs. 

Hernandez made the allegation in a legal filing this week with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, according to a report by The Athletic. 

Umpire Angel Hernandez during a Colorado Rockies-Miami Marlins game at Coors Field on May 30, 2022, in Denver. (Harrison Barden/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images)

In March 2021, Hernandez lost his lawsuit against Major League Baseball alleging racial discrimination. In the lawsuit – filed in 2017 – Hernandez claimed that he had been discriminated against because he had not been assigned to a World Series since 2005 and had not been made a crew chief. 

In the latest filing, an appeal to have the March 2021 decision overturned, Hernandez alleged Major League Baseball manipulated his end-of-season reviews. 

"The District Court also failed to give appropriate weight to evidence of MLB’s disparate treatment of Mr. Hernandez, including evidence that MLB was manipulating the performance of Mr. Hernandez and other minority umpires to make their performances look worse," Hernandez said in the court filing. 

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From 2011-2016, umpires were given umpire evaluation reports (UERs), which Hernandez said did not match his year-end reviews.

Angel Hernandez watches the action during the Detroit Tigers-Tampa Bay Rays game on May 18, 2022, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty