Thursday, March 24, 2022

2022 MLB Spring Training Umpire Roster

Major League Baseball's 2022 Spring Training Umpire roster features 76 Major League and 14 Triple-A call-up umpires for a total of 90 umpires assigned to MLB's Arizona's Cactus and Florida's Grapefruit Leagues.

This is a decrease from 2021's Spring Training roster of 97 total umpires, six less umpires than 2020's MLB Spring Training roster of 96 officials, and the lowest total umpire count since we began tracking the MLB + MiLB Invitee Spring Training roster (closest: 91 umpires in 2018 Spring).

The following list features sleeve numbers for all umpires already assigned to fill-in personnel, as well as full-timer MLB uniform numbers.

Umpires in bold are new to the Spring Training list; those without numbers may receive formal uniform number assignments later this Spring (underlined text indicates the umpire has returned to the Spring list after absence from said list in 2021). A sleeve number for a minor league umpire/invitee signifies that this umpire is qualified to work MLB regular season games. Regular season crew chiefs are italicized. Just because a Minor League umpire is not on the invitee list does not mean the umpire will not work any Spring Training games, it simply means they may be on standby or the unofficial "call-up" list for Spring. Observations follow the list.

MLB Spring Training Umpires' Roster - 2022 Pre-Season
MLB StaffMLB StaffMiLB Invitees & Call-Ups
Additon, Ryan 67
Baker, Jordan 71
Barber, Sean 29
Barksdale, Lance 23
Barrett, Lance 16
Barrett, Ted 65
Barry, Scott 87
Bellino, Dan 2
Blakney, Ryan 36
Blaser, Cory 89
Bucknor, CB 54
Carapazza, Vic 19
Carlson, Mark 6
Conroy, Chris 98
Cuzzi, Phil 10
De Jesus, Ramon 18
Diaz, Laz 63
Drake, Rob 30
Dreckman, Bruce 1
Eddings, Doug 88
Emmel, Paul 50
Estabrook, Mike 83
Fairchild, Chad 4
Fletcher, Andy 49
Foster, Marty 60
Gibson, Greg 53
Gibson, Tripp 73
Gonzalez, Manny 79
Guccione, Chris 68
Hallion, Tom 20
Hamari, Adam 78
Hernandez, Angel 5
Hickox, Ed 15
Hoberg, Pat 31
Holbrook, Sam 34
Hoye, James 92
Hudson, Marvin 51
Iassogna, Dan 58
Johnson, Adrian 80
Knight, Brian 91
Kulpa, Ron 46
Layne, Jerry 24
Lentz, Nic 59
Libka, John 84
Little, Will 93
Marquez, Alfonso 72
May, Ben 97
Meals, Jerry 41
Miller, Bill 26
Morales, Gabe 47
Muchlinski, Mike 76
Nauert, Paul 39
Nelson, Jeff 45
O'Nora, Brian 7
Ortiz, Roberto 40
Porter, Alan 64
Rackley, David 86
Randazzo, Tony 11
Rehak, Jeremie 35
Reyburn, D.J. 17
Reynolds Jim 77
Ripperger, Mark 90
Scheurwater, Stu 85
Segal, Chris 96
Tichenor, Todd 13
Timmons, Tim 95
Torres, Carlos 37
Tumpane, John 74
Vanover, Larry 27
Visconti, Jansen 52
Wegner, Mark 14
Welke, Bill 3
Wendelstedt, Hunter 21
Whitson, Chad 62
Wolcott, Quinn 81
Wolf, Jim 28
Bacchus, Erich 101
Ballou, Brock ---
Beck, Adam 102
Ceja, Nestor 103
Livensparger, Shane 43
MacKay, Alex 105
Mahrley, Nick 48
Merzel, Dan 107
Moore, Malachi 108
Moscoso, Edwin 109
Riggs, Jeremy 112
Valentine, Junior 115
Vondrak, Clint 116
Wills, Ryan 118


(14 MiLB Umpires)
(76 MLB Umpires)
(90 Total Umpires)

Information obtained by
UEFL on 3/24/2022.
www.closecallsports.com
Some observations, year-over-year:
  • > 2022's roster of 14 MiLBU invitees features 1 no-#, 11 triple-digit and 2 two-digit umpires.
  • > 2021 Spring Training invitees not included on the 2022 list include John Bacon (70), Paul Clemons (104), Brennan Miller (55), Jose Navas (110), and Alex Tosi (66).
  • > Full-time MLB umpires Paul Nauert did not start Spring Training, but was assigned to a regular season crew. Ortiz's full-time status is pending a physical.
  • > Hired umpires are: Ryan Additon, Sean Barber, John Libka, Ben May, Roberto Ortiz.
  • > Retiring umpires: Fieldin Culbreth, Kerwin Danley, Gerry Davis, Brian Gorman, Joe West.
  • > Promoted crew chiefs: Laz Diaz, Greg Gibson, Marvin Hudson, Ron Kulpa, Bill Welke.

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