Umpire Grade · Blue Notes
Austin Jones
14 games graded behind the plate.
Season Grade
94.9% avg
Avg Swing
runs / game
ABS Overturns
25/56 calls
Best game 98.0% · worst 92.1%. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ @ LAD2026-07-10 | A | 0.1 AZ | 3/4 | The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story. |
| TOR @ SF2026-07-06 | B | 0.6 SF | 0/4 | Squeezed the edges; the hitters didn't mind at all. |
| TB @ KC2026-07-02 | A | 0.9 KC | 0/0 | A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix. |
| MIA @ STL2026-06-27 | B | 0.4 STL | 2/3 | Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines. |
| CHC @ NYM2026-06-24 | A | 0.1 NYM | 1/4 | The zone showed up, did the job, and went home. Ideal. |
| BOS @ CLE2026-05-31 | A | 0.8 BOS | 4/8 | Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines. |
| MIA @ TOR2026-05-27 | A- | 0.1 TOR | 1/1 | The zone kept its promises. |
| ATL @ MIA2026-05-21 | A- | 0.3 MIA | 1/3 | Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment. |
| ATH @ BAL2026-05-09 | A- | 0.1 ATH | 0/2 | Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone. |
| MIA @ LAD2026-04-29 | A+ | 0.5 MIA | 3/6 | Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone. |
| ATH @ TEX2026-04-25 | B+ | 0.7 ATH | 1/2 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| NYY @ BOS2026-04-21 | A | 0.2 NYY | 1/4 | Textbook top to bottom — a quiet masterclass. |
| TB @ CWS2026-04-16 | A | 0.0 CWS | 5/9 | Hawkeye did more talking than the umpire tonight. |
| HOU @ SEA2026-04-10 | B | 0.2 SEA | 3/6 | Squeezed the edges; the hitters didn't mind at all. |