New York – Alfonso Márquez is preparing for his seventh League Championship Series (LCS), serving as crew chief alongside James Hoye. This year, the umpiring crew presents new and experienced faces.
Ryan Additon, Ben May, Adam Beck, and John Libka debut in the LCS, according to an announcement by Major League Baseball on Sunday.
Márquez will be in charge of the games between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners, which began on Sunday. For his part, Hoye, who will umpire his fifth LCS, will lead the National League matchup between the Milwaukee Brewers and the current champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers, starting Monday.
Each series will have teams of seven referees, with a substitute referee in each game.
Additon will be behind the plate in the first game of the American League, accompanied by May at first base, Márquez at second, Marvin Hudson at third, D.J. Reyburn in left field, Quinn Wolcott in right field, and Doug Eddings as the alternate umpire.
Eddings will be in charge of the plate in Game 2, followed by May, Márquez, Hudson, Reyburn, and Wolcott.
The National League series will begin on Monday with Libka behind the plate, Hoye at first, Beck at second, Vic Carapazza at third, Chad Fairchild in left field, Mark Ripperger in right field, and Gabe Morales as the alternate umpire.
Morales will be behind the plate in Game 2, followed by Hoye, Beck, Carapazza, Fairchild, and Ripperger.
Hudson will be the crew chief for the American League in Game 3, with Márquez as the alternate umpire, and Carapazza will be the crew chief for the National League in Game 2, with Hoye as the alternate.
Hudson is umpiring his fifth LCS, Carapazza and Eddings their fourth, Fairchild his third, and Morales, Reyburn, Ripperger, and Wolcott their second.
Alex MacKay, Bill Miller and David Rackley will be the replay umpires in the Major League Baseball office in New York.
