Umpire Grade · Blue Notes
Chris Guccione
18 games graded behind the plate.
Season Grade
94.7% avg
Avg Swing
runs / game
ABS Overturns
48/87 calls
Best game 97.2% · worst 91.2%. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS @ CWS2026-07-09 | A | 0.2 CWS | 3/4 | A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix. |
| MIL @ AZ2026-07-04 | A | 0.0 AZ | 1/2 | Both benches went home with nothing to say — the rarest kind of night. |
| LAA @ SEA2026-06-29 | A | 0.1 SEA | 2/5 | Quietly excellent. The best umpiring is the kind you forget was there. |
| PIT @ ATH2026-06-16 | A- | 0.6 ATH | 4/5 | The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story. |
| TB @ LAA2026-06-12 | A+ | 0.1 TB | 4/4 | The zone kept its promises. |
| CLE @ TEX2026-06-07 | B | 0.5 TEX | 6/9 | Hawkeye did more talking than the umpire tonight. |
| PIT @ HOU2026-06-03 | A | 0.7 PIT | 1/5 | A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix. |
| AZ @ SEA2026-05-29 | B+ | 0.2 AZ | 1/3 | A small strike zone, generously enforced for the offense. |
| CWS @ SF2026-05-24 | B+ | 0.0 SF | 4/8 | A small strike zone, generously enforced for the offense. |
| ATH @ LAA2026-05-20 | B+ | 0.3 ATH | 1/5 | An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much. |
| WSH @ MIA2026-05-10 | B+ | 0.9 MIA | 2/5 | The zone had wings tonight. |
| TOR @ TB2026-05-05 | B+ | 0.2 TB | 2/5 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| LAD @ STL2026-05-01 | A- | 0.4 LAD | 5/7 | A few too many trips to the challenge cart. |
| KC @ NYY2026-04-19 | B+ | 0.9 NYY | 2/6 | Generous with the corners — the pitchers said thank you. |
| TOR @ MIL2026-04-15 | A- | 0.8 MIL | 3/4 | Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks. |
| TEX @ LAD2026-04-10 | A | 0.3 LAD | 4/4 | Called a fair game and let the players decide it. |
| LAA @ CHC2026-03-31 | B- | 0.2 LAA | 1/3 | The black wasn't in play tonight. |
| TB @ STL2026-03-26 | A | 0.3 STL | 2/3 | The zone kept its promises. |