Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Alan Porter

18 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

93.8% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

41/75 calls

Best game 96.6% · worst 87.8%. Grade is accuracy on taken pitches vs the rulebook zone; ABS is the Automated Ball-Strike System challenge record (how often the robots overruled him).

The games

Game	Grade	Favor	ABS	Blue Note
BOS @ NYM2026-07-10	D	0.6 BOS	4/6	The zone shrank when the pitchers needed it most.
PHI @ KC2026-07-06	A-	0.4 KC	2/5	Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.
STL @ ATL2026-07-02	A-	0.3 STL	2/4	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
TEX @ TOR2026-06-28	B+	0.8 TOR	4/5	Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.
NYY @ DET2026-06-24	B	0.2 DET	0/2	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
ATL @ NYM2026-06-13	A	0.1 NYM	3/6	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
BOS @ TB2026-06-08	A-	0.5 BOS	6/8	This one went to video review more than most.
MIA @ WSH2026-06-03	A-	1.8 MIA	3/6	One side pitched to a slightly bigger plate.
PIT @ TOR2026-05-23	B+	0.1 PIT	2/3	Off the corner was close enough tonight.
TEX @ COL2026-05-19	A-	0.1 TEX	1/1	Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.
NYY @ MIL2026-05-08	B	0.3 NYY	2/4	You had to throw it down Broadway to get the call.
CIN @ PIT2026-05-03	B-	0.2 CIN	4/8	A small strike zone, generously enforced for the offense.
DET @ ATL2026-04-28	C+	0.4 DET	2/5	Pitchers earned every strike the hard way.
SD @ COL2026-04-22	A	0.1 SD	1/2	Both benches went home with nothing to say — the rarest kind of night.
TOR @ AZ2026-04-17	A	0.6 TOR	0/0	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
PIT @ CHC2026-04-12	A	1.8 CHC	3/6	Somebody's pitching staff sent a thank-you note.
SEA @ TEX2026-04-07	A	0.1 TEX	0/1	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
WSH @ CHC2026-03-26	A	0.7 WSH	2/3	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.