Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

David Rackley

19 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

93.8% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

32/72 calls

Best game 98.2% · worst 89.4%. 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
NYY @ WSH2026-07-12	C+	0.6 NYY	3/5	Corner-to-corner and then some.
BOS @ CWS2026-07-08	C	0.1 CWS	2/3	Corner-to-corner and then some.
MIL @ AZ2026-07-03	A-	0.4 AZ	4/7	A steady night's work behind the plate.
PIT @ ATH2026-06-17	A-	0.2 ATH	0/2	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
TB @ LAA2026-06-13	A	0.2 LAA	2/2	No notes. Well, one: nicely done.
CHC @ COL2026-06-09	B-	0.8 COL	4/7	Borderline went to the battery all night.
PIT @ HOU2026-06-04	B+	0.3 PIT	0/1	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
AZ @ SEA2026-05-30	A+	0.2 SEA	2/3	You could set a watch by that zone.
PHI @ SD2026-05-25	A+	0.4 SD	1/4	A steady night's work behind the plate.
ATH @ LAA2026-05-21	A	0.7 ATH	1/4	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
CIN @ CLE2026-05-17	B	0.0 CIN	3/4	Off the corner was close enough tonight.
HOU @ CIN2026-05-09	A	0.1 HOU	2/4	No notes. Well, one: nicely done.
TOR @ TB2026-05-04	B	0.6 TOR	1/2	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
SF @ PHI2026-04-30	B+	0.2 PHI	2/5	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
TOR @ MIL2026-04-14	A-	0.1 MIL	0/5	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
HOU @ COL2026-04-08	B	0.7 COL	2/4	The plate grew a few inches after the first pitch.
NYM @ SF2026-04-04	A-	0.4 SF	2/3	The zone shrank when the pitchers needed it most.
LAA @ CHC2026-04-01	B+	0.2 LAA	1/4	Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.
TB @ STL2026-03-28	B-	0.5 STL	0/3	A steady night's work behind the plate.