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Woman umpire Jen Pawol will work some MLB Spring Training games
Jen Pawol during an Arizona Fall League game in October 2023Today, Major League Baseball announced the names of several umpires who will be working Spring Training games in Arizona and Florida along with the full-time MLB umpiring staff.
Among those names was Jen Pawol, who has been umpiring in the minor leagues since 2016. At the time she began her career, she was the seventh woman umpire to work in the minors.
Pawol worked in Triple-A last year and will be assigned there this year, where she will be part of the pool of umpires eligible for a potential call-up to the Major Leagues for substitutions due to injuries and vacation time, according to a league source.