MLB Ump Angel Hernandez Had Fans Fuming Again With Awful Call in Mets-Dodgers Game

He continues to be really bad at his job.

Andy Nesbitt | Apr 22, 2024

Angel Hernandez had another bad game behind home plate Sunday in Los Angeles. /

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The 2024 Major League Baseball season has had a big problem with umpires making bad calls. Leading that charge yet again has been Angel Hernandez, who continues to be one of the worst umpires in the game.

He unfortunately lived up to that reputation while working home plate in Sunday's New York Mets-Los Angeles Dodgers game when he called a clear strike a ball. The error left fans fuming about how MLB can continue to have this guy working any games, let alone from behind home plate.

Look at this pitch from Adrian Houser and try to explain how anyone could call it a ball:

Ángel Hernández called this a ball. 😬 pic.twitter.com/L5ADJzEqgg
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) April 21, 2024

MLB fans sounded off:

At this point I blame MLB for keeping him employed https://t.co/gYofyOW6tm
— Speak Up (@_SpeakU) April 21, 2024

MLB continues to implement new rules to “better” baseball but how this chump still has a job is beyond me. https://t.co/kgxYh2CQcy
— Trang (@traaang) April 21, 2024

I’m genuinely confused with how he sees the top of the strike zone because he also regularly calls strikes 3 baseballs too high https://t.co/k3LpWwGvsa
— Jet (@jethrow0211) April 22, 2024

Can someone explain why this man still has a job umping? https://t.co/8dqZZIOAnf
— Larry NASCAR (@MrBlockedOff) April 21, 2024

how can we get this man fired? It’s every day at this point https://t.co/g4yvFo0Tgc
— JT 🏂 (@bravesjt) April 22, 2024

The umpires union protects him but that protection is gonna come back to bite them in the ass when MLB switches to electronic strike zones. Lot of umps are gonna lose their jobs when that happens. https://t.co/2j2sdOll6B
— Matt (@MRickG_) April 22, 2024

Not great.

Published Apr 22, 2024

ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.