Umpire Grade · Blue Notes
Roberto Ortiz
17 games graded behind the plate.
Season Grade
94.0% avg
Avg Swing
runs / game
ABS Overturns
45/75 calls
Best game 97.1% · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT @ CLE2026-07-18 | B+ | 0.7 CLE | 5/7 | The challenge cart got its steps in. |
| ATH @ DET2026-07-09 | A | 0.2 ATH | 1/2 | You could set a watch by that zone. |
| PHI @ KC2026-07-05 | B+ | 0.4 KC | 4/5 | The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story. |
| STL @ ATL2026-06-30 | A | 0.1 STL | 3/5 | An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much. |
| TEX @ TOR2026-06-25 | B+ | 0.1 TOR | 3/4 | The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story. |
| ATL @ NYM2026-06-14 | B+ | 0.4 ATL | 0/2 | The zone kept its promises. |
| BOS @ TB2026-06-09 | A | 0.2 TB | 2/3 | Quietly excellent. The best umpiring is the kind you forget was there. |
| CWS @ PHI2026-06-05 | A | 0.3 CWS | 2/5 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| SEA @ HOU2026-05-13 | A | 0.3 HOU | 4/6 | Called a fair game and let the players decide it. |
| NYY @ MIL2026-05-09 | A- | 0.9 NYY | 3/5 | Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment. |
| BAL @ MIA2026-05-05 | C | 1.4 BAL | 4/5 | Two dugouts, and only one of them smiling. |
| DET @ ATL2026-04-30 | A- | 0.3 DET | 3/4 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| SD @ COL2026-04-23 | B- | 0.5 COL | 3/7 | The black wasn't in play tonight. |
| TOR @ AZ2026-04-19 | C | 0.8 TOR | 2/4 | A small strike zone, generously enforced for the offense. |
| CLE @ STL2026-04-14 | A+ | 0.4 STL | 3/4 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| PIT @ CHC2026-04-10 | B+ | 1.1 PIT | 2/3 | The strike zone picked a side, and wasn't shy about it. |
| WSH @ CHC2026-03-29 | A- | 0.1 WSH | 1/4 | Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment. |