MLB Ump Ripped for Childish Move After Striking Out Juan Soto on Horrible Call

Andy Nesbitt | Jul 29, 2025

Juan Soto was rightfully not happy with the strike three call by Emil Jimenez in this pivotal at-bat. / @SNY

The New York Mets had their seven-game winning streak come to an end Monday night as they lost to the San Diego Padres, 7-6.

Home plate umpire Emil Jimenez had a brutal game behind the plate, frustrating both teams throughout the night with some bad calls. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza was ejected in the third inning after arguing balls and strikes and Juan Soto appeared to come close to getting tossed in the seventh inning after he was rung up on a bad called third strike.

One of the Mets announcers was rightfully not happy with how Jimenez stared down Soto after making the call, saying:

"I mean you watch this pitch, it’s clearly above the zone. That’s at his elbow. He delays, calls a strike and then stares at Juan wanting a reaction. ‘OK, you want to say something?’ Don’t make yourself part of the action."

Here's that moment:

This umpire is not a fan of correct calls pic.twitter.com/9VinOSfahV

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) July 29, 2025

Fans ripped Jimenez:

We need AI umpires …. Juan Soto getting rung up on this is crazy. Honestly …. I don’t want to hear “don’t complain” blah blah … how about you’re an umpire … be objective. This is so bad. Emil Jimenez should be suspended for this pic.twitter.com/zgrSOfXCDq

— lexxy (@ThoughtsLex) July 29, 2025

@MLB be better. He is clearly inserting him self into the game and calling wrong calls to bait Soto https://t.co/IlHPdfjRIO

— The Bad Guys (@BadGuysMets) July 29, 2025

I try not to villainize umps but there’s no way he wasn’t trying to bait Soto, right? https://t.co/evn1tgAxIa

— marsh🔻 (@thebabygiraffe3) July 29, 2025

Moody umps should be suspended or penalized somehow. https://t.co/rnUNKtFX9H

— Cash (@Cashionals) July 29, 2025

MLB INVESTIGATE THIS GUY 🤦🏻‍♂️ WTF https://t.co/RuzbmKPDun

— Aces. (@DiplanXP) July 29, 2025

Get this umpire out of the league @mlb https://t.co/kvTpFdrGZP

— The New Majority (@NixonandIke) July 29, 2025

umpire not only blows the call, but is trying to bait juan soto into getting ejected. nasty ass business, man https://t.co/yFlpAHfS6y

— busy 💛 ☝️ (@busyxb) July 29, 2025

Bruh........ https://t.co/cknX6ds3T3 pic.twitter.com/TziFu0Kn9u

— Brian (@BkcSports) July 29, 2025

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