Bill Miller and Mark Wegner will be LCS umpire crew chiefs

Bill Miller will officiate his 10th League Championship Series (LCS) and assume the role of an LCS crew chief alongside Mark Wegner. Miller, who turned 59, made his big league debut in 1997 and will join the American League Championship Series with 126 career postseason games, placing him second among active umpires only to Alfonso Márquez’s 130.

He will head the crew for the ALCS between the Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians, which begins on Monday. Miller will be joined by Jordan Baker, Nestor Ceja, Chad Fairchild, Adam Hamari, Mark Ripperger, and Carlos Torres. In the National League Championship Series, Mark Wegner will lead the crew for the Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers matchup, beginning on Sunday.

His crew will include Ryan Addison, Edwin Moscoso, Alan Porter, David Rackley, Chris Segal, and John Tumpane. Seven-man crews will operate for both series, with one umpire resting between games. Notably, Ripperger had a 44.3% overturn rate in the ABS ball/strike system's first season, ranking second among those with 100 or more challenges.