Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Dan Merzel

18 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

94.9% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

42/79 calls

Best game 97.5% · worst 90.8%. 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 @ CIN2026-07-11	A-	0.8 CIN	3/4	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
HOU @ WSH2026-07-06	A	0.1 WSH	6/8	Hawkeye did more talking than the umpire tonight.
CIN @ MIL2026-07-02	A+	0.8 CIN	3/5	Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.
COL @ MIN2026-06-28	A+	0.4 COL	2/3	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
ATL @ SD2026-06-23	A	0.5 SD	1/3	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
LAA @ ATH2026-06-19	A	0.1 ATH	2/6	The catcher barely had to sell a thing.
TB @ LAD2026-06-15	A	0.6 LAD	3/5	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
KC @ MIN2026-06-04	A+	0.5 MIN	1/3	The zone kept its promises.
SD @ WSH2026-05-31	B	0.2 WSH	2/4	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
CHC @ PIT2026-05-27	B	0.8 CHC	2/5	The zone kept its promises.
TOR @ DET2026-05-16	A	0.3 TOR	3/4	The zone kept its promises.
PHI @ BOS2026-05-12	A	0.3 BOS	1/2	You could set a watch by that zone.
CLE @ ATH2026-05-02	A	0.4 ATH	2/5	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
CHC @ SD2026-04-27	A-	0.2 SD	3/6	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
PIT @ TEX2026-04-23	A-	0.2 PIT	3/4	A steady night's work behind the plate.
AZ @ PHI2026-04-12	B	0.6 AZ	1/5	The zone kept to itself — the hitters said thanks.
LAD @ TOR2026-04-07	A	0.1 TOR	3/4	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
CHC @ CLE2026-04-03	C+	0.2 CHC	1/3	You wanted a strike, you had to earn it twice.