Umpire Grade · Blue Notes
Brock Ballou
13 games graded behind the plate.
Season Grade
93.9% avg
Avg Swing
runs / game
ABS Overturns
32/58 calls
Best game 96.7% · worst 91.4%. 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 @ NYM2026-07-11 | A- | 0.9 BOS | 5/9 | This one went to video review more than most. |
| STL @ CHC2026-07-05 | B | 0.3 CHC | 1/3 | Pitchers earned every strike the hard way. |
| CIN @ MIL2026-07-01 | B+ | 0.1 MIL | 2/5 | Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines. |
| MIL @ ATH2026-06-10 | B | 1.0 MIL | 3/4 | Squeezed the edges; the hitters didn't mind at all. |
| WSH @ ATL2026-05-24 | A | 0.2 ATL | 2/3 | Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines. |
| TOR @ NYY2026-05-20 | B | 0.4 NYY | 1/3 | Nothing off the plate, and not much on the black either. |
| MIA @ TB2026-05-16 | B | 0.1 TB | 7/11 | The robots earned their keep tonight. |
| COL @ PIT2026-05-12 | A | 0.5 COL | 1/3 | Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment. |
| TEX @ NYY2026-05-07 | A- | 1.4 NYY | 0/1 | Two dugouts, and only one of them smiling. |
| BAL @ KC2026-04-21 | A | 0.4 KC | 4/6 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| TB @ PIT2026-04-17 | B- | 1.1 PIT | 2/6 | Somebody's pitching staff sent a thank-you note. |
| AZ @ PHI2026-04-11 | A | 0.1 PHI | 2/2 | You could set a watch by that zone. |
| SEA @ TEX2026-04-08 | A- | 1.5 SEA | 2/2 | Somebody's pitching staff sent a thank-you note. |