Jansen Visconti Hired to MLB Umpire Staff

As reported by the Wendelstedt Umpire School, MLB hired alum Jansen Visconti to the staff. Hailing from Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Visconti joins the full-time umpiring roster as the greenest hire of 2020; he made his big league debut in 2018 and officiated 250 regular season games over two seasons, including a league-high 142 games in 2019.

After graduating from the Wendelstedt School in 2010, Visconti began his professional career in the Gulf Coast League, working his way through the New York-Penn, Florida Instructional, South Atlantic, Carolina, Arizona Instructional, Eastern, and International Leagues before his first major league game on April 17, 2018. Visconti has also officiated the Arizona Fall League.
Related Post: Major League Debut of Umpire Jansen Visconti (52) (4/17/18).

Visconti's only two career MLB ejections occurred in 2018 (AJ Pollock, John Gibbons) and he continues the tradition of UEFL Fill-In Umpire of the Year Award winners to subsequently be hired to the full-time staff; Visconti won the Award in 2019.
Related Post: 2019 UEFL Award for Fill-In Umpire - Jansen Visconti (11/5/19).