MLB has to get tougher with the union during next round of negotiations……….there has to be an objective criteria that they can both agree on to judge if an umpires performance is acceptable………. like every other business.
Otherwise mlb is just at the mercy of the union as they protect incompetent umpires because they can.
I’d rather put up with replacement umps for awhile if I had to in order to get some control over the process.
its just ridiculous that everyone knows who the worst offenders are yet nothing is ever done about it.