Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Nic Lentz

19 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

93.8% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

32/79 calls

Best game 98.1% · worst 90.0%. 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
ATL @ PIT2026-07-09	C+	1.4 PIT	1/5	Tonight's zone had a rooting interest.
CWS @ CLE2026-07-04	A	0.5 CWS	1/4	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
WSH @ BOS2026-06-30	A-	0.1 BOS	2/5	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
CHC @ MIL2026-06-26	C+	1.2 CHC	0/2	One side pitched to a slightly bigger plate.
CIN @ NYY2026-06-21	A	0.4 NYY	1/2	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
SD @ STL2026-06-16	B-	2.4 STL	3/4	The strike zone picked a side, and wasn't shy about it.
BAL @ TOR2026-06-05	B-	1.3 TOR	0/1	One side pitched to a slightly bigger plate.
DET @ CWS2026-05-31	A-	0.3 CWS	2/3	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
MIA @ TOR2026-05-25	A+	0.2 TOR	1/2	No notes. Well, one: nicely done.
BOS @ ATL2026-05-16	A	0.6 BOS	2/5	The zone kept its promises.
NYY @ BAL2026-05-11	A	0.3 NYY	0/0	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
CLE @ KC2026-05-07	B+	0.5 KC	0/4	The zone kept its promises.
SF @ TB2026-05-03	B+	0.1 SF	1/4	Squeezed the edges; the hitters didn't mind at all.
LAA @ CWS2026-04-28	A	0.3 LAA	2/6	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
CIN @ MIN2026-04-18	B+	0.6 MIN	1/4	Pitchers earned every strike the hard way.
NYM @ LAD2026-04-13	B-	0.4 LAD	3/5	A pitcher's-nightmare zone — you had to paint it to get it.
COL @ SD2026-04-09	B	0.0 COL	7/10	This one went to video review more than most.
HOU @ ATH2026-04-05	B	0.4 HOU	3/7	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
NYM @ STL2026-04-01	A	0.4 STL	2/6	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.