Umpire Grade · Blue Notes
Ryan Additon
19 games graded behind the plate.
Season Grade
93.3% avg
Avg Swing
runs / game
ABS Overturns
47/97 calls
Best game 96.8% · worst 89.1%. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC @ BAL2026-07-12 | B- | 0.5 KC | 0/3 | The plate grew a few inches after the first pitch. |
| CLE @ MIN2026-07-08 | B+ | 0.5 CLE | 5/9 | The players kept asking for a second opinion — and kept getting one. |
| HOU @ DET2026-06-28 | A | 1.0 HOU | 3/6 | One side pitched to a slightly bigger plate. |
| LAD @ MIN2026-06-24 | B+ | 0.1 MIN | 4/7 | Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines. |
| WSH @ TB2026-06-20 | A- | 0.2 WSH | 5/6 | Hawkeye clocked in early and stayed late. |
| CLE @ MIL2026-06-16 | B | 0.3 MIL | 0/2 | Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks. |
| MIN @ DET2026-06-11 | A | 0.5 MIN | 1/3 | Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone. |
| MIA @ NYM2026-05-30 | A- | 0.5 MIA | 3/6 | The zone kept its promises. |
| TB @ BAL2026-05-25 | B | 0.3 BAL | 3/8 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| CIN @ PHI2026-05-20 | B+ | 0.3 CIN | 4/6 | The black wasn't in play tonight. |
| KC @ STL2026-05-16 | C | 1.4 KC | 2/2 | Somebody's pitching staff sent a thank-you note. |
| SD @ MIL2026-05-12 | C+ | 0.1 SD | 3/5 | The zone shrank when the pitchers needed it most. |
| ATL @ SEA2026-05-06 | B | 0.3 SEA | 3/6 | Called a fair game and let the players decide it. |
| WSH @ CWS2026-04-25 | C | 1.5 WSH | 4/9 | The grade leaned — the ledger says which way. |
| MIN @ NYM2026-04-21 | A- | 0.1 MIN | 1/4 | Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment. |
| DET @ BOS2026-04-17 | A | 0.1 DET | 0/1 | If umpiring had a highlight reel, this wouldn't make it. That's the compliment. |
| LAA @ NYY2026-04-13 | B | 1.3 NYY | 4/7 | One dugout got the friendlier version of the evening. |
| SF @ SD2026-04-01 | A | 1.0 SF | 0/1 | The zone kept its promises. |
| CLE @ SEA2026-03-28 | A | 0.9 SEA | 2/6 | A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix. |