Umpire Grade · Blue Notes
Nestor Ceja
20 games graded behind the plate.
Season Grade
95.2% avg
Avg Swing
runs / game
ABS Overturns
41/81 calls
Best game 98.4% · worst 91.5%. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD @ KC2026-07-17 | A- | 1.2 KC | 2/5 | One side pitched to a slightly bigger plate. |
| NYY @ WSH2026-07-10 | A | 0.4 NYY | 3/5 | Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines. |
| MIL @ AZ2026-07-05 | B- | 0.3 AZ | 3/5 | The zone kept its promises. |
| LAA @ SEA2026-06-30 | A | 0.5 LAA | 3/5 | The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story. |
| BAL @ LAD2026-06-19 | A- | 0.5 LAD | 1/4 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| TB @ LAA2026-06-14 | B- | 0.9 TB | 3/5 | The zone kept its promises. |
| CHC @ COL2026-06-10 | A | 0.1 CHC | 1/4 | If umpiring had a highlight reel, this wouldn't make it. That's the compliment. |
| CLE @ TEX2026-06-05 | A | 0.1 TEX | 1/2 | If umpiring had a highlight reel, this wouldn't make it. That's the compliment. |
| AZ @ SEA2026-05-31 | A+ | 0.0 AZ | 3/4 | A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix. |
| PHI @ SD2026-05-26 | A | 0.4 SD | 2/4 | The zone kept its promises. |
| CWS @ SF2026-05-22 | A | 0.5 CWS | 2/6 | The zone kept its promises. |
| ATH @ LAA2026-05-18 | B+ | 0.4 ATH | 1/3 | An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much. |
| TOR @ TB2026-05-06 | A+ | 0.2 TOR | 3/4 | A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix. |
| LAD @ STL2026-05-02 | A- | 0.6 LAD | 1/2 | The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story. |
| SF @ PHI2026-04-28 | B+ | 0.1 PHI | 1/3 | The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story. |
| TOR @ MIL2026-04-16 | B+ | 0.6 TOR | 7/8 | The challenge cart got its steps in. |
| TEX @ LAD2026-04-11 | A | 0.1 LAD | 1/3 | You could set a watch by that zone. |
| HOU @ COL2026-04-06 | A | 0.0 HOU | 1/4 | Quietly excellent. The best umpiring is the kind you forget was there. |
| NYM @ SF2026-04-02 | A- | 0.4 SF | 1/2 | A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix. |
| TB @ STL2026-03-29 | A | 0.9 TB | 1/3 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |