Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Rob Drake

19 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

93.2% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

42/71 calls

Best game 96.0% · worst 89.0%. 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
AZ @ LAD2026-07-11	B	0.8 LAD	1/2	Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.
TOR @ SF2026-07-07	B+	0.3 TOR	0/2	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
MIA @ ATH2026-07-03	B+	1.2 MIA	3/3	Two dugouts, and only one of them smiling.
CWS @ DET2026-06-19	B+	0.7 DET	1/3	A steady night's work behind the plate.
MIA @ PIT2026-06-13	B	0.8 MIA	2/4	If it was close, it was a strike. The hitters noticed.
STL @ NYM2026-06-09	D	0.7 NYM	2/2	Borderline went to the battery all night.
MIL @ COL2026-06-05	B+	0.7 MIL	4/5	Expanded the plate a touch past its 17 inches.
LAD @ AZ2026-06-01	B+	0.3 LAD	3/5	A steady night's work behind the plate.
COL @ AZ2026-05-23	A	0.4 AZ	1/2	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
LAD @ SD2026-05-19	B-	0.4 SD	3/4	Expanded the plate a touch past its 17 inches.
MIL @ MIN2026-05-15	A	0.2 MIL	2/4	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
MIL @ WSH2026-05-03	A	0.0 MIL	2/4	No notes. Well, one: nicely done.
HOU @ BAL2026-04-30	B+	0.7 HOU	3/4	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
LAD @ SF2026-04-23	C+	1.6 LAD	6/6	This one went to video review more than most.
TEX @ SEA2026-04-18	B+	1.0 TEX	2/4	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
COL @ HOU2026-04-14	A	0.0 COL	2/4	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
DET @ MIN2026-04-06	B+	0.5 DET	1/5	Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.
PIT @ CIN2026-04-01	B	0.3 PIT	3/5	The zone kept to itself — the hitters said thanks.
COL @ MIA2026-03-28	B+	0.2 COL	1/3	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.