Wild Card Game, Division Series umpires announced
Major League Baseball today announced the Major League Umpires who have been assigned to the 2021 Wild Card Games presented by Hankook Tire and the Division Series presented by Good Sam.
Jerry Meals will be the crew chief for tonight’s Red Sox-Yankees AL Wild Card Game, which will air on ESPN, and Joe West will be the crew chief for Wednesday’s Dodgers-Cardinals NL Wild Card Game, which will air on TBS. The AL Wild Card Game crew led by Meals will include home plate umpire and regular season crew chief Mark Carlson, Jordan Baker, Ryan Blakney, James Hoye and Jansen Visconti. West, who will have home plate duties, will work with Ramon De Jesus, Laz Diaz, Alan Porter, Chris Segal and Jim Wolf in the NL Wild Card Game. The Replay Officials in the Wild Card Games will be regular season crew chief Larry Vanover and Stu Scheurwater.
The AL Division Series presented by Good Sam are scheduled to begin on Thursday, October 7th at Tropicana Field, where the Rays will play Tuesday’s AL Wild Card Game winner, and at Minute Maid Park, where the Houston Astros will host the Chicago White Sox. All ALDS games will be telecast exclusively by FS1 or MLB Network. The two crew chiefs assigned to the American League Division Series are Tom Hallion and Sam Holbrook. Holbrook will work the ALDS that involves the Rays along with Dan Bellino, Greg Gibson, Brian Knight, Ron Kulpa and D.J. Reyburn. Hallion’s crew, which includes Lance Barrett, Vic Carapazza, Chris Conroy, Chad Fairchild and Adam Hamari, will work the Astros-White Sox ALDS.
The NL Division Series presented by Good Sam are scheduled to begin on Friday, October 8th at Oracle Park, where the San Francisco Giants will play Wednesday’s NL Wild Card Game winner, and at American Family Field, where the Milwaukee Brewers will host the Atlanta Braves. All NLDS games will be telecast exclusively by TBS. The two crew chiefs assigned to the National League Division Series are Ted Barrett and Alfonso Marquez. Barrett will work alongside Doug Eddings, Angel Hernandez, Pat Hoberg, Gabe Morales and Carlos Torres in the NLDS involving the Giants. Marquez’s crew, which includes Mike Estabrook, Will Little, Mike Muchlinski, Tony Randazzo and Quinn Wolcott, will work the Brewers-Braves NLDS. The Replay Officials in the Division Series will be regular season crew chief Fieldin Culbreth, CB Bucknor, Chris Guccione and Adrian Johnson.
A complete listing of the rotations through the Division Series accompanies this press release.
All games telecast on MLB Network, TBS, FOX and FS1 will be available to MLB.TV subscribers who are authenticated subscribers to the applicable network through a participating pay TV provider. ESPN Radio will provide live national coverage of all 2021 MLB Postseason games, beginning with the Wild Card Games. The 2021 Postseason schedule, subject to change, accompanies this press release and can be viewed in its entirety at MLB.com/postseason.
2021 WILD CARD GAME UMPIRE ASSIGNMENTS
TUESDAY’S RED SOX-YANKEES AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD GAME ON ESPN:
Game 1 Umpire Previous Postseason Assignments
HP Mark Carlson 1 WC, 5 DS, 5 LCS, 2 WS
1B James Hoye 3 WC, 3 DS, 2 LCS, 1 WS
2B Jerry Meals (CC) 1 WC, 9 DS, 2 LCS, 2 WS
3B Jordan Baker 2 WC, 1 DS
LF Ryan Blakney [1st Postseason]
RF Jansen Visconti [1st Postseason]
WEDNESDAY’S DODGERS-CARDINALS NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD CARD GAME ON TBS:
Game 1 | Umpire | Previous Postseason Assignments
HP Joe West (CC) 3 WC, 8 DS, 10 LCS, 6 WS
1B Alan Porter 2 WC, 5 DS, 2 LCS, 1 WS
2B Laz Diaz 1 WC, 7 DS, 3 LCS, 3 WS
3B Jim Wolf 2 WC, 5 DS, 4 LCS, 2 WS
LF Chris Segal [1st Postseason]
RF Ramon De Jesus [1st Postseason]
WILD CARD GAME REPLAY OFFICIALS: Stu Scheurwater and Larry Vanover.
2021 DIVISION SERIES UMPIRE ASSIGNMENTS
ALDS ON FS1/MLBN BETWEEN THE TAMPA BAY RAYS AND EITHER THE BOSTON RED SOX OR THE NEW YORK YANKEES:
Game 1 | Umpire | Previous Postseason Assignments
HP Dan Bellino 1 WC, 6 DS, 1 LCS
1B D.J. Reyburn 1 WC, 2 DS
2B Sam Holbrook (CC) 1 WC, 6 DS, 4 LCS, 3 WS
3B Ron Kulpa 1 WC, 11 DS, 3 LCS, 1 WS
LF Greg Gibson 3 WC, 9 DS, 5 LCS, 1 WS
RF Brian Knight 2 WC, 3 DS
ALDS ON FS1/MLBN BETWEEN THE HOUSTON ASTROS AND THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX:
Game 1 | Umpire | Previous Postseason Assignments
HP Adam Hamari 2 WC
1B Chris Conroy 2 WC, 1 DS, 2 LCS
2B Tom Hallion (CC) 9 DS, 5 LCS, 1 WS
3B Vic Carapazza 1 WC, 4 DS, 1 LCS
LF Chad Fairchild 1 WC, 5 DS, 2 LCS, 1 WS
RF Lance Barrett 2 WC, 1 DS
NLDS ON TBS BETWEEN THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS AND EITHER THE LOS ANGELES DODGER OR THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS:
Game 1 | Umpire | Previous Postseason Assignments
HP Carlos Torres 2 WC
1B Angel Hernandez 11 DS, 8 LCS, 2 WS
2B Ted Barrett (CC) 5 WC, 11 DS, 9 LCS, 4 WS
3B Pat Hoberg 2 WC, 1 DS, 1 LCS
LF Doug Eddings 2 WC, 5 DS, 1 LCS, 1 WS
RF Gabe Morales 2 WC
NLDS ON TBS BETWEEN THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS AND THE ATLANTA BRAVES:
Game 1 | Umpire | Previous Postseason Assignments
HP Mike Estabrook 1 WC, 1 DS
1B Mike Muchlinski 1 WC, 2 DS, 1 LCS
2B Alfonso Marquez (CC) 2 WC, 10 DS, 5 LCS, 3 WS
3B Tony Randazzo 7 DS, 2 LCS, 1 WS
LF Will Little 3 WC, 2 DS, 1 LCS
RF Quinn Wolcott 2 WC, 2 DS
Division Series Replay Officials: CB Bucknor, Fieldin Culbreth, Chris Guccione and Adrian Johnson.