Umpire Grade · Blue Notes
Alex MacKay
17 games graded behind the plate.
Season Grade
95.3% avg
Avg Swing
runs / game
ABS Overturns
47/77 calls
Best game 97.9% · worst 91.4%. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHC @ CIN2026-07-12 | B- | 0.4 CHC | 2/4 | A bumpy evening behind the dish. |
| ATH @ DET2026-07-08 | A | 0.2 DET | 3/6 | The zone kept its promises. |
| PHI @ KC2026-07-04 | A | 0.5 KC | 2/3 | Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment. |
| TEX @ TOR2026-06-27 | B+ | 1.1 TOR | 6/7 | Hawkeye did more talking than the umpire tonight. |
| NYY @ DET2026-06-23 | A+ | 0.1 NYY | 3/4 | The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story. |
| AZ @ CIN2026-06-12 | A- | 1.3 CIN | 6/6 | ABS had a long evening on this one. |
| CWS @ PHI2026-06-07 | A+ | 0.3 PHI | 2/4 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| MIA @ WSH2026-06-02 | B+ | 0.4 MIA | 4/6 | Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment. |
| PIT @ TOR2026-05-22 | A+ | 0.3 TOR | 1/4 | Both benches went home with nothing to say — the rarest kind of night. |
| LAD @ LAA2026-05-17 | A | 0.1 LAD | 3/3 | Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone. |
| NYY @ MIL2026-05-10 | A | 0.7 NYY | 5/7 | A few too many trips to the challenge cart. |
| BAL @ MIA2026-05-06 | A | 0.6 MIA | 1/2 | Called a fair game and let the players decide it. |
| LAA @ KC2026-04-26 | A | 0.3 LAA | 1/4 | You could set a watch by that zone. |
| SD @ COL2026-04-21 | A | 0.4 SD | 2/4 | A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix. |
| CLE @ STL2026-04-15 | A- | 0.6 STL | 1/3 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| PIT @ CHC2026-04-11 | A | 0.1 PIT | 4/8 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| SEA @ TEX2026-04-06 | B- | 0.8 TEX | 1/2 | Pitchers earned every strike the hard way. |