Umpire Grade · Blue Notes
Cory Blaser
16 games graded behind the plate.
Season Grade
94.7% avg
Avg Swing
runs / game
ABS Overturns
41/69 calls
Best game 99.3% · worst 90.3%. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB @ HOU2026-07-05 | B- | 0.4 TB | 5/6 | The players kept asking for a second opinion — and kept getting one. |
| PIT @ PHI2026-07-01 | B- | 1.8 PHI | 3/6 | The corners were friendlier in one direction tonight. |
| WSH @ BAL2026-06-27 | A+ | 0.6 WSH | 5/7 | The challenge cart got its steps in. |
| TEX @ MIA2026-06-22 | A+ | even | 1/3 | You could set a watch by that zone. |
| SEA @ WSH2026-06-12 | B+ | 0.8 WSH | 1/1 | Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks. |
| SF @ CHC2026-06-07 | A | 0.5 CHC | 4/6 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| KC @ CIN2026-06-03 | C+ | 0.8 CIN | 0/2 | You had to throw it down Broadway to get the call. |
| NYM @ MIA2026-05-22 | A+ | 0.1 MIA | 4/6 | Called a fair game and let the players decide it. |
| SF @ ATH2026-05-16 | B- | 0.6 ATH | 2/4 | Nothing off the plate, and not much on the black either. |
| AZ @ TEX2026-05-12 | A+ | 0.3 TEX | 1/2 | Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone. |
| STL @ SD2026-05-08 | A- | 0.6 SD | 3/3 | An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much. |
| CWS @ LAA2026-05-04 | A | 0.5 CWS | 1/5 | The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story. |
| CWS @ AZ2026-04-23 | B+ | 0.7 AZ | 3/7 | Nothing off the plate, and not much on the black either. |
| KC @ DET2026-04-14 | B+ | 0.1 KC | 2/3 | The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story. |
| MIN @ KC2026-04-02 | A | 0.2 KC | 3/4 | The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story. |
| AZ @ LAD2026-03-27 | A | 0.3 LAD | 3/4 | Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone. |