Umpire Grade · Blue Notes
Jacob Metz
10 games graded behind the plate.
Season Grade
93.8% avg
Avg Swing
runs / game
ABS Overturns
31/51 calls
Best game 96.8% · worst 89.8%. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ @ STL2026-06-23 | B+ | 0.2 AZ | 1/4 | Called a fair game and let the players decide it. |
| SF @ MIA2026-06-19 | B | 0.1 MIA | 2/4 | Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks. |
| HOU @ KC2026-06-14 | B- | 0.4 KC | 1/2 | Borderline went to the battery all night. |
| NYY @ CLE2026-06-09 | A- | 0.5 NYY | 5/8 | The Automated Ball-Strike System put in some overtime here. |
| TB @ MIA2026-06-05 | A- | 0.8 MIA | 2/3 | Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone. |
| PIT @ SF2026-05-09 | C | 0.2 SF | 2/5 | Borderline went to the battery all night. |
| CIN @ CHC2026-05-05 | A | 0.5 CHC | 3/4 | Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment. |
| TOR @ MIN2026-05-01 | A | 0.2 MIN | 3/6 | Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment. |
| TB @ CLE2026-04-27 | B | 0.1 CLE | 7/9 | The Automated Ball-Strike System put in some overtime here. |
| STL @ MIA2026-04-22 | A- | 0.2 STL | 5/6 | A busy night for the machines in the truck. |