Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Manny Gonzalez

17 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

93.5% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

48/79 calls

Best game 96.0% · worst 89.2%. 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
KC @ NYM2026-07-09	B+	0.4 NYM	0/2	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
LAD @ ATH2026-06-29	A-	0.5 ATH	3/4	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
TOR @ BOS2026-06-18	C	0.5 TOR	2/4	Corner-to-corner and then some.
LAD @ CWS2026-06-12	B+	0.8 CWS	2/3	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
WSH @ AZ2026-06-07	A	0.4 AZ	4/5	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
TEX @ STL2026-06-02	B+	0.3 STL	2/3	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
CLE @ DET2026-05-21	A-	0.4 CLE	6/7	ABS had a long evening on this one.
TEX @ HOU2026-05-17	B+	0.7 TEX	5/5	A few too many trips to the challenge cart.
MIA @ MIN2026-05-13	C	0.1 MIA	5/7	The robots earned their keep tonight.
PIT @ SF2026-05-08	A	0.5 SF	0/2	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
CIN @ CHC2026-05-04	A	0.1 CHC	4/5	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
TOR @ MIN2026-04-30	A	0.1 MIN	1/3	Quietly excellent. The best umpiring is the kind you forget was there.
PIT @ MIL2026-04-26	B-	0.6 MIL	0/2	A pitcher's-nightmare zone — you had to paint it to get it.
STL @ MIA2026-04-21	A-	0.0 STL	4/8	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
MIN @ TOR2026-04-10	B	0.8 MIN	3/7	Pitchers found a little extra real estate.
MIA @ NYY2026-04-05	A-	0.1 MIA	3/7	The zone kept its promises.
TEX @ BAL2026-04-01	B-	0.7 BAL	4/5	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.