MLB Ump Must Hand Over Expert’s Methodology Memo in Bias Suit

Major League Baseball can review a methodology memo that umpire Angel Hernandez’s expert witness prepared following the exchange of expert reports in the umpire’s job bias case but before the expert’s deposition was taken, the Southern District of New York ruled Tuesday.

Hernandez missed the mark in arguing the memo was shielded under federal discovery rules because Greg Baxter—Hernandez’s expert—drafted it in anticipation of planned discussions with Hernandez’s attorneys and shared it with counsel, the court said.

The memo lays out the process Baxter used to designate comments on umpire performance “as positive, negative or platitude,” to identify whether comments ...