Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Nate Tomlinson

18 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

95.1% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

31/62 calls

Best game 98.7% · worst 91.5%. 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
PIT @ WSH2026-07-03	A+	0.1 PIT	3/3	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
SEA @ CLE2026-06-28	B+	0.8 CLE	4/7	The zone stretched its legs.
AZ @ STL2026-06-22	A	0.3 STL	1/2	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
NYM @ CIN2026-06-17	A-	0.4 NYM	0/2	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
HOU @ KC2026-06-13	A+	0.2 HOU	3/6	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
NYY @ CLE2026-06-08	A-	0.8 CLE	1/4	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
KC @ TEX2026-05-31	A	0.1 KC	0/3	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
SEA @ ATH2026-05-26	B	0.4 SEA	2/4	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
COL @ AZ2026-05-22	A+	0.0 AZ	1/1	The zone showed up, did the job, and went home. Ideal.
LAD @ SD2026-05-18	A	0.2 SD	4/5	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
MIN @ WSH2026-05-07	B-	0.9 MIN	3/4	A small strike zone, generously enforced for the offense.
PHI @ MIA2026-05-03	A+	0.3 PHI	1/3	The catcher barely had to sell a thing.
COL @ CIN2026-04-29	A-	0.3 CIN	0/2	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
BAL @ CLE2026-04-17	A	0.5 CLE	1/2	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
CHC @ PHI2026-04-13	B+	1.5 PHI	1/2	The strike zone picked a side, and wasn't shy about it.
ATH @ NYY2026-04-09	A-	0.3 NYY	1/5	The zone kept to itself — the hitters said thanks.
STL @ DET2026-04-04	A-	0.9 DET	4/4	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
BOS @ HOU2026-03-30	A	0.1 HOU	1/3	Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.