Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Ryan Wills

18 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

93.9% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

38/77 calls

Best game 97.8% · worst 90.4%. 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 @ SF2026-07-10	B+	0.2 COL	3/7	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
AZ @ SD2026-07-06	A+	0.2 AZ	1/4	Called it the way the rulebook drew it up.
SD @ CHC2026-06-29	A-	0.1 CHC	3/7	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
HOU @ DET2026-06-25	B+	0.8 HOU	2/5	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
WSH @ TB2026-06-21	B+	0.8 WSH	2/3	The zone kept its promises.
CLE @ MIL2026-06-17	C+	0.8 CLE	2/3	Corner-to-corner and then some.
MIA @ NYM2026-05-31	B	1.5 MIA	1/5	Tonight's zone had a rooting interest.
TB @ BAL2026-05-26	A	0.0 TB	1/2	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
MIN @ BOS2026-05-22	A-	0.2 BOS	0/3	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
KC @ STL2026-05-17	B-	0.9 KC	2/2	One of those nights the challenge system was invented for.
SD @ MIL2026-05-13	B	0.5 SD	3/4	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
NYM @ AZ2026-05-08	B-	0.1 NYM	2/5	A small strike zone, generously enforced for the offense.
WSH @ CWS2026-04-26	B	0.2 CWS	3/8	The zone kept its promises.
MIN @ NYM2026-04-22	A	0.5 NYM	4/5	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
SF @ WSH2026-04-19	A	0.2 SF	0/2	Both benches went home with nothing to say — the rarest kind of night.
LAA @ NYY2026-04-14	B-	0.4 NYY	4/5	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
MIL @ KC2026-04-04	A-	0.7 MIL	4/5	You wanted a strike, you had to earn it twice.
CLE @ SEA2026-03-29	A+	0.8 CLE	1/2	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.