Major League Baseball today announced the umpires who have been assigned to the 2018 American League and National League Championship Series presented by the Google Assistant. The NLCS crew chief will be Gerry Davis, while the ALCS crew chief will be Joe West.
The NLCS crew led by Davis, who has worked an all-time high 144 Postseason games in his career, includes Scott Barry, regular season crew chief Brian Gorman, Alan Porter, Hunter Wendelstedt and Jim Wolf. Davis, Porter and Wolf all were on the field for the 2018 AL Wild Card Game along with Greg Gibson, who will start the series as the NLCS Replay Official.
West's ALCS crew includes Vic Carapazza, Mark Carlson, Chris Guccione, James Hoye and regular season crew chief Mark Wegner. Guccione, Hoye and Wegner all called the 2018 NL Wild Card Game. Bill Miller, who was the crew chief for the 2018 NL Wild Card Game, will begin the series as the ALCS Replay Official.
Gibson (NLCS) and Miller (ALCS) will serve as the Replay Officials for Games One and Two of each LCS. Following each Game Two, Barry (NLCS) and Hoye (ALCS) will shift from on-field roles to Replay Official duties in their respective series, with Gibson and Miller joining each crew in left field for Game Three. The Replay Assistant for both League Championship Series will be Major League Umpire Paul Nauert. A complete listing of the rotations assigned to the League Championship Series accompanies this press release.
The 2018 Postseason schedule can be viewed at MLB.com/postseason. All games telecast on MLB Network, TBS, FS1 and FOX will be available to MLB.TV subscribers who are authenticated subscribers to the applicable network through a participating pay TV provider. ESPN Radio will provide live national coverage of all 2018 MLB Postseason games.