Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Lance Barksdale

18 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

93.2% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

50/83 calls

Best game 97.8% · worst 86.9%. 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
COL @ SF2026-07-11	B+	0.3 SF	2/5	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
AZ @ SD2026-07-07	A-	0.4 AZ	4/5	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
HOU @ DET2026-06-26	C	0.7 DET	4/5	The zone kept to itself — the hitters said thanks.
LAD @ MIN2026-06-22	B	1.6 MIN	8/9	The Automated Ball-Strike System put in some overtime here.
CLE @ MIL2026-06-18	A-	0.4 MIL	3/6	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
AZ @ CIN2026-06-13	B	0.6 AZ	5/5	This one went to video review more than most.
MIN @ DET2026-06-09	A+	0.6 MIN	5/6	A busy night for the machines in the truck.
TB @ BAL2026-05-27	B+	0.0 BAL	2/2	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
CIN @ PHI2026-05-18	A-	0.2 CIN	2/3	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
SD @ MIL2026-05-14	B	0.0 SD	1/5	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
NYM @ AZ2026-05-09	B-	1.1 AZ	4/6	Tonight's zone had a rooting interest.
ATL @ SEA2026-05-04	B+	0.5 ATL	1/3	Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.
MIN @ NYM2026-04-23	A	0.0 MIN	0/2	Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.
DET @ BOS2026-04-19	D	0.4 DET	2/5	Expanded the plate a touch past its 17 inches.
LAA @ NYY2026-04-15	A-	0.6 NYY	2/4	The zone kept its promises.
MIL @ KC2026-04-04	B	0.0 MIL	3/6	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
SF @ SD2026-03-30	B	0.8 SF	1/4	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
CLE @ SEA2026-03-26	A-	1.0 CLE	1/2	Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.