According to Jesse Rogers of ESPN, 10 big-league umpires are retiring at the end of this month, the biggest turnover the league has seen in its officiating crews in over two decades. Sadly, Angel Hernandez is not on the list of retirees.
Ten MLB umpires, including seven crew chiefs, are set to retire at the end of the month, making it the largest turnover at that job since 1999, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN.
Some of the retirements are due to nagging injuries while others are coincidental, as a group of the umpires entered the league around the same time — after a labor dispute saw 22 former umps resign at the end of last century.