Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Junior Valentine

19 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

94.6% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

41/75 calls

Best game 98.1% · worst 91.4%. 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
LAD @ NYY2026-07-17	B	0.8 NYY	2/4	The zone kept to itself — the hitters said thanks.
COL @ SF2026-07-09	B	0.1 COL	0/2	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
MIA @ ATH2026-07-05	A-	0.9 MIA	5/7	The challenge cart got its steps in.
TB @ KC2026-07-01	B+	0.7 TB	0/0	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
MIA @ STL2026-06-26	A	1.4 MIA	3/5	One side pitched to a slightly bigger plate.
CHC @ NYM2026-06-23	A+	0.1 NYM	4/6	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
SF @ ATL2026-06-17	A+	0.3 ATL	2/2	The zone showed up, did the job, and went home. Ideal.
MIA @ PIT2026-06-12	A	0.2 MIA	1/3	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
MIL @ COL2026-06-07	A-	0.9 MIL	5/9	Hawkeye clocked in early and stayed late.
LAD @ AZ2026-06-03	B+	0.5 AZ	0/2	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
CLE @ PHI2026-05-22	B+	0.8 CLE	0/3	The zone kept its promises.
MIL @ MIN2026-05-17	A	0.2 MIN	4/6	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
DET @ NYM2026-05-13	B+	0.3 DET	3/6	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
MIL @ WSH2026-05-01	A	0.2 MIL	2/5	Textbook top to bottom — a quiet masterclass.
SD @ AZ2026-04-26	A	0.6 SD	0/0	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
LAD @ SF2026-04-21	B-	0.7 SF	3/6	A few he'd want back, and the grade says so.
SF @ CIN2026-04-16	A	0.4 SF	3/4	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
TOR @ CWS2026-04-04	A-	0.3 CWS	2/3	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
PIT @ CIN2026-03-30	B	0.6 CIN	2/2	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.