Umpire Grade · Blue Notes
Chris Segal
17 games graded behind the plate.
Season Grade
93.9% avg
Avg Swing
runs / game
ABS Overturns
52/82 calls
Best game 97.3% · worst 90.6%. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAA @ MIN2026-07-11 | A+ | 0.4 MIN | 6/6 | A busy night for the machines in the truck. |
| SEA @ MIA2026-07-07 | A | 0.2 SEA | 4/6 | Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone. |
| TEX @ CLE2026-07-01 | A- | 0.4 TEX | 1/5 | The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story. |
| CIN @ NYY2026-06-19 | B- | 0.4 NYY | 1/3 | Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks. |
| TEX @ KC2026-06-11 | A | 0.7 TEX | 4/5 | A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix. |
| SEA @ DET2026-06-06 | B+ | 0.4 DET | 0/3 | Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone. |
| CLE @ NYY2026-06-02 | A- | 0.1 NYY | 1/3 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| NYM @ WSH2026-05-21 | A | 0.2 NYM | 0/3 | Called it the way the rulebook drew it up. |
| CHC @ CWS2026-05-17 | B- | 1.7 CHC | 9/12 | Hawkeye clocked in early and stayed late. |
| TB @ TOR2026-05-12 | A | 0.0 TOR | 2/4 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| HOU @ BOS2026-05-01 | B- | 0.4 HOU | 0/1 | The zone shrank when the pitchers needed it most. |
| STL @ PIT2026-04-27 | A- | 0.2 PIT | 2/3 | The zone kept its promises. |
| ATL @ WSH2026-04-23 | A | 0.2 WSH | 5/6 | A few too many trips to the challenge cart. |
| SF @ BAL2026-04-12 | A- | 0.2 BAL | 3/5 | Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines. |
| AZ @ NYM2026-04-08 | B+ | 0.7 NYM | 4/4 | Pitchers found a little extra real estate. |
| SD @ BOS2026-04-03 | C+ | 0.3 SD | 3/3 | Pitchers found a little extra real estate. |
| MIN @ BAL2026-03-29 | B- | 0.4 BAL | 7/10 | The players kept asking for a second opinion — and kept getting one. |