Umpire Grade · Blue Notes
Emil Jimenez
15 games graded behind the plate.
Season Grade
93.1% avg
Avg Swing
runs / game
ABS Overturns
23/58 calls
Best game 96.5% · worst 88.2%. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATH @ CWS2026-07-10 | A- | 0.8 ATH | 2/4 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| NYY @ TB2026-07-06 | A- | 0.5 NYY | 0/2 | Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines. |
| KC @ TB2026-06-25 | B- | 0.9 KC | 1/3 | The plate grew a few inches after the first pitch. |
| SD @ TEX2026-06-19 | A- | 0.5 TEX | 0/1 | Corner-to-corner and then some. |
| CWS @ NYY2026-06-17 | B | 2.0 NYY | 5/7 | The challenge cart got its steps in. |
| SEA @ BAL2026-06-11 | A | 0.3 BAL | 0/2 | Quietly excellent. The best umpiring is the kind you forget was there. |
| SF @ COL2026-05-31 | B+ | 0.4 COL | 1/4 | The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story. |
| CIN @ NYM2026-05-26 | A- | 0.0 NYM | 7/9 | The challenge cart got its steps in. |
| TB @ NYY2026-05-22 | B | 0.2 NYY | 1/3 | Expanded the plate a touch past its 17 inches. |
| PHI @ PIT2026-05-15 | B+ | 0.7 PHI | 0/3 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| DET @ KC2026-05-10 | B+ | 0.8 DET | 3/6 | A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix. |
| MIL @ STL2026-05-04 | D | 0.3 MIL | 2/4 | If it was close, it was a strike. The hitters noticed. |
| PHI @ ATL2026-04-25 | B | 0.4 PHI | 0/3 | Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone. |
| MIL @ DET2026-04-21 | C+ | 0.2 MIL | 0/2 | A small strike zone, generously enforced for the offense. |
| CWS @ MIA2026-03-30 | B+ | 0.8 MIA | 1/5 | Called a fair game and let the players decide it. |