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MLB fans crushed umpire Emil Jimenez after he had this season’s worst performance behind the plate

The worst game in FOUR years.

When an MLB umpire shows up to the ballpark, you’d hope to see a level of focus and professionalism that’s worthy of a big-league game. And while umpiring is an extremely difficult job, fans and players expect a certain standard.

Well, umpire Emil Jimenez singlehandedly made an argument for robot umps on Monday.

Working behind the plate for the San Francisco Giants’ game against the Washington Nationals, Jimenez was simply all over the place. As a rookie ump, he doesn’t have the notoriety of bad umpires like Angel Hernandez and Brian O’Nora, but on this night, Jimenez was actually the worst.

According to Umpire Scorecards, Jimenez posted a putrid 84.4 percent in accuracy on the night. He called-strike accuracy was 70 percent.

It was the worst performance from an umpire this season. In fact, it was the worst performance by an umpire since the 2019 season when Adrian Johnson embarrassingly posted 84.1 and 84.4 percent games.

And really, many of those missed calls weren’t even close.

Just like when a slumping hitter has trouble seeing the ball, Jimenez just couldn’t judge the strike zone with any consistency. MLB fans deservedly ripped the performance. It was unacceptable.

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