This is just an educated guess...
I would assume they would work the whole preseason and season. I don't see why an umpire would want to miss a game, because once the season is over, that's it. Only a select few umpires will work in the postseason.
My guess is however many games are played in preseason, plus the 162 games of the season, they are working somewhere.
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