Thursday, February 16, 2017

2017 MLB Spring Training Umpire Roster

MLB's umpire roster for Spring Training 2017 is now available. Comprised of 102 umpires, including 76 full-time MLB + 26 minor league invitees, this year's roster for Arizona's Cactus and Florida's Grapefruit Leagues contains seven more umpires than did 2016's Spring Training roster (95 umpires). With the 2017 World Baseball Classic scheduled to begin on March 6 and conclude on March 22, there will be a need for greater depth on the roster to accommodate those umpires selected to officiate the international tournament.

The Spring Training roster below includes sleeve numbers for all applicable umpires; Minor League umpires with numbers have been designated as fill-in umpires authorized to call MLB games during the regular season, while MiLB names without sleeve numbers have simply been invited to officiate Major League Spring Training games, but have not officially been called up to fill in during the regular season (though as we've seen in the past, some umpires without sleeve numbers in February may be assigned MLB numbers come April). Umpires in bold are new to the Spring Training list.

MLB Spring Training Umpires' Roster - 2017 Pre-Season
MLB StaffMLB StaffMiLB Invitees & Call-Ups
Baker, Jordan 71
Barksdale, Lance 23
Barrett, Lance 94
Barrett, Ted 65
Barry, Scott 87
Bellino, Dan 2
Blaser, Cory 89
Bucknor, CB 54
Carapazza, Vic 19
Carlson, Mark 6
Cederstrom, Gary 38
Conroy, Chris 98
Cooper, Eric 56
Culbreth, Fieldin 25
Cuzzi, Phil 10
Danley, Kerwin 44
Davis, Gerry 12
DeMuth, Dana 32
Diaz, Laz 63
DiMuro, Mike 16
Drake, Rob 30
Dreckman, Bruce 1
Eddings, Doug 88
Emmel, Paul 50
Estabrook, Mike 83
Everitt, Mike 57
Fairchild, Chad 4
Fletcher, Andy 49
Foster, Marty 60
Gibson, Greg 53
Gibson, Tripp 73
Gonzalez, Manny 79
Gorman, Brian 9
Guccione, Chris 68
Hallion, Tom 20
Hamari, Adam 78
Hernandez, Angel 55
Hickox, Ed 15
Hoberg, Pat 31
Holbrook, Sam 34
Hoye, James 92
Hudson, Marvin 51
Iassogna, Dan 58
Johnson, Adrian 80
Kellogg, Jeff 8
Knight, Brian 91
Kulpa, Ron 46
Layne, Jerry 24
Little, Will 93
Marquez, Alfonso 72
Meals, Jerry 41
Miller, Bill 26
Morales, Gabe 47
Muchlinski, Mike 76
Nauert, Paul 39
Nelson, Jeff 45
O'Nora, Brian 7
Porter, Alan 64
Rackley, David 86
Randazzo, Tony 11
Reyburn, D.J. 70
Reynolds Jim 77
Ripperger, Mark 90
Scott, Dale 5
Tichenor, Todd 13
Timmons, Tim 95
Torres, Carlos 37
Tumpane, John 74
Vanover, Larry 27
Wegner, Mark 14
Welke, Bill 3
Wendelstedt, Hunter 21
West, Joe 22
Winters, Mike 33
Wolcott, Quinn 81
Wolf, Jim 28
Additon, Ryan -
Bacon, John -
Barber, Sean 29
Basner, Toby 99
Blakney, Ryan 36
Bostwick, John -
Cascioppo, Mike -
De Jesus, Ramon 18
Eggert, Travis -
Fagan, Clint 82
Lentz, Nic 59
Libka, John -
Livensparger, Shane -
Nick Mahrley -
May, Ben 97
Merzel, Dan -
Ortiz, Roberto 40
Patterson, Garrett -
Rehab, Jeremie -
Scheurwater, Stu 85
Segal, Chris 96
Teague, Ron "Ronnie" -
Tosi, Alex -
Valentine, Junior -
Whitson, Chad 62
Woodring, Tom 75

(26 MiLB Umpires)
(76 MLB Umpires)
(102 Total Umpires)

Information obtained by
UEFL on 2/16/2017.
www.closecallsports.com
Some observations, year-over-year:
  • > MiLB invites increased by six (from 2016), while full-time MLB umpires increased by one.
  • > 2017's roster of 26 MiLBU is comprised of 14 invitees and 12 regular-season call-up umps.
  • > Umpires who appeared on the 2015 Spring Training MiLB invitee list, but who have been cut from the 2016 preseason are: Seth Buckminster (2016 MLB call-up), Ryan Goodman (2015-16 ST invitee), and Anthony Johnson (2016 MLB call-up). Buckminster and Johnson were the only two 2016 MLB call-ups not to appear in a single MLB game last season.

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