Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Gabe Morales

17 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

94.3% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

34/64 calls

Best game 97.7% · worst 90.8%. 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
ATH @ CWS2026-07-11	A	0.3 ATH	1/4	A clean sheet behind the plate — the kind of night nobody posts about.
NYY @ TB2026-07-07	B-	0.0 TB	0/2	The zone had wings tonight.
PHI @ NYM2026-06-26	A	0.5 PHI	2/4	A steady night's work behind the plate.
KC @ TB2026-06-22	A+	0.4 TB	2/4	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
CWS @ NYY2026-06-18	A	0.1 NYY	3/3	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
DET @ CLE2026-06-12	B	0.5 DET	0/2	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
SEA @ BAL2026-06-08	A	1.0 SEA	4/6	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
MIA @ TOR2026-05-26	A	0.1 TOR	3/4	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
HOU @ MIN2026-05-20	B-	0.8 MIN	4/5	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
DET @ KC2026-05-09	C+	0.3 DET	2/5	A pitcher's-nightmare zone — you had to paint it to get it.
AZ @ CHC2026-05-02	A	0.5 CHC	3/6	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
SEA @ MIN2026-04-27	A+	0.6 SEA	1/3	Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.
MIL @ DET2026-04-23	A-	0.2 DET	2/3	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
SD @ LAA2026-04-18	B-	1.3 SD	1/2	The corners were friendlier in one direction tonight.
TEX @ ATH2026-04-14	A-	0.1 TEX	3/4	A steady night's work behind the plate.
LAD @ WSH2026-04-03	B-	1.0 LAD	2/4	The zone leaned, and the ledger noticed.
KC @ ATL2026-03-29	A-	0.6 KC	1/3	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.