Umpire Grade · Blue Notes
Chad Fairchild
17 games graded behind the plate.
Season Grade
93.0% avg
Avg Swing
runs / game
ABS Overturns
40/74 calls
Best game 96.4% · worst 89.6%. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE @ MIA2026-07-12 | A- | 0.1 CLE | 3/6 | Borderline went to the battery all night. |
| LAA @ TEX2026-07-08 | B- | 0.3 TEX | 3/5 | Off the corner was close enough tonight. |
| AZ @ TB2026-06-26 | B | 0.0 AZ | 0/2 | Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks. |
| KC @ WSH2026-06-16 | B | 1.1 KC | 1/3 | Somebody's pitching staff sent a thank-you note. |
| PHI @ MIL2026-06-12 | A- | 0.6 PHI | 2/5 | Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone. |
| NYM @ SD2026-06-07 | B+ | 0.3 SD | 4/7 | The zone kept its promises. |
| COL @ LAA2026-06-03 | B+ | 0.1 LAA | 4/6 | If it was close, it was a strike. The hitters noticed. |
| HOU @ CHC2026-05-22 | B- | 0.2 CHC | 4/6 | Pitchers earned every strike the hard way. |
| SD @ SEA2026-05-17 | C | 2.3 SD | 2/5 | The corners were friendlier in one direction tonight. |
| STL @ ATH2026-05-12 | C+ | 1.3 ATH | 2/3 | Two dugouts, and only one of them smiling. |
| ATL @ COL2026-05-01 | A | 0.1 COL | 1/4 | The zone showed up, did the job, and went home. Ideal. |
| MIN @ TB2026-04-26 | A | 0.1 TB | 1/3 | No notes. Well, one: nicely done. |
| TOR @ LAA2026-04-21 | C | 0.5 TOR | 2/2 | The zone had wings tonight. |
| CWS @ ATH2026-04-17 | B+ | 0.1 ATH | 3/6 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| BOS @ STL2026-04-12 | B | 0.2 BOS | 1/1 | A pitcher's-nightmare zone — you had to paint it to get it. |
| CHC @ TB2026-04-07 | A- | 0.1 CHC | 4/6 | An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much. |
| NYY @ SF2026-03-27 | A | 0.4 SF | 3/4 | An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much. |