The first thing I want to make clear is that being an umpire or referee in any professional sport is an incredibly difficult occupation. Although video replays have been implemented to help, umpires/referees ultimately hold the power to decide the outcome of the game. And even when they make the correct call they still tend to hear plenty of complaining. With that being said, the performance of MLB umpire Angel Hernandez was downright awful on Sunday night in the Phillies and Brewers game.

Angel Hernandez's Rough Night

Hernandez has garnered a reputation as one of MLB's worst umpires over the years. But there is now data and statistics to back that claim up. It is unfortunate that the main conversation following Sunday Night Baseball revolves around a poor umpiring performance. But that happens to be the case.

Umpire Auditor on Twitter reports that Hernandez missed 19 calls for an overall correct percentage of just 85.3 percent. He missed a call on Phillies' infielder Jean Segura that missed by over 6 inches off the inside corner.

Kyle Schwarber's 9th inning at-bat garnered the biggest reaction after Angel Hernandez rung him up on a pitch off the low outside corner of the zone.

Kyle Schwarber shared his reaction to Hernandez's performance after the game.

Phillies' manager Joe Girardi brought up the idea of the automated strike zone.

The Phillies were not the only ones who shared their opinion on the poor umpiring performance.

Reactions From Around the MLB

No, Noah Syndergaard is not praising Hernandez in his Tweet. He is making a reference to Hernandez's comically large strike zone.

What Should MLB do About their Angel Hernandez Problem?

Angel Hernandez might be an extremely kind person. I've never met him so I don't know. But there is no question that his umpiring is negatively affecting the sport.

If an MLB player struggles to the point where they are constantly hurting their teams, they tend to either get demoted, traded, or released. One has to wonder if MLB will take a similar approach with Hernandez.

The robot umpire conversation is intriguing as well. But the fact is that there are still plenty of big league umps who do a good job of calling games. But I still would not be surprised to see robot umpires implement in the not-too-distant future.

But MLB needs to fix their Angel Hernandez problem as soon as possible. The outcome of the Phillies and Brewers game would have likely been much different had he been even a bit more accurate with his calls.