Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Erich Bacchus

18 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

93.6% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

24/58 calls

Best game 97.7% · worst 89.5%. 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
BAL @ HOU2026-07-17	B	0.1 HOU	0/4	Generous with the corners — the pitchers said thank you.
SEA @ MIA2026-07-09	A	0.2 SEA	0/2	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
BAL @ CIN2026-07-04	A	0.4 CIN	2/3	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
TEX @ CLE2026-06-29	A-	0.5 CLE	3/3	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
PHI @ MIL2026-06-14	A+	0.1 PHI	4/5	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
TEX @ KC2026-06-10	B	1.0 TEX	2/7	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
SEA @ DET2026-06-05	A	0.3 DET	0/2	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
MIL @ HOU2026-05-30	B+	0.6 HOU	2/4	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
COL @ LAD2026-05-25	B+	0.7 LAD	1/3	Nothing off the plate, and not much on the black either.
BOS @ KC2026-05-20	A	0.3 KC	1/2	You could set a watch by that zone.
TB @ TOR2026-05-13	C	1.4 TOR	4/6	The zone leaned, and the ledger noticed.
HOU @ BOS2026-05-02	B	0.3 BOS	2/3	The zone kept its promises.
STL @ PIT2026-04-28	C	0.9 STL	0/1	Expanded the plate a touch past its 17 inches.
DET @ CIN2026-04-24	B	0.4 DET	2/4	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
ATL @ WSH2026-04-20	B+	0.4 ATL	0/0	If it was close, it was a strike. The hitters noticed.
AZ @ NYM2026-04-09	B	0.9 NYM	1/4	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
SD @ BOS2026-04-04	B	0.4 SD	0/2	A small strike zone, generously enforced for the offense.
COL @ TOR2026-03-30	B+	1.5 TOR	0/3	The zone leaned, and the ledger noticed.