Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Ryan Blakney

18 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

93.3% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

38/73 calls

Best game 96.6% · worst 90.4%. 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
CLE @ MIN2026-07-09	C+	0.0 CLE	4/6	The black wasn't in play tonight.
SD @ LAD2026-07-04	A-	0.1 LAD	0/3	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
SF @ AZ2026-06-30	B-	0.6 AZ	3/5	The zone kept to itself — the hitters said thanks.
CLE @ CWS2026-06-23	A-	0.2 CLE	1/3	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
STL @ KC2026-06-18	A-	0.6 STL	5/7	The Automated Ball-Strike System put in some overtime here.
ATH @ HOU2026-06-07	B+	0.4 ATH	1/3	A steady night's work behind the plate.
BAL @ BOS2026-06-03	B+	0.4 BAL	0/2	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
ATL @ CIN2026-05-29	B+	0.2 CIN	0/2	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
CWS @ SEA2026-05-19	C+	0.2 CWS	3/5	The zone shrank when the pitchers needed it most.
AZ @ COL2026-05-15	A-	0.5 COL	2/3	A steady night's work behind the plate.
SF @ LAD2026-05-11	B	0.5 SF	4/5	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
TEX @ DET2026-05-01	A-	1.0 DET	2/3	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
COL @ NYM2026-04-26	B+	0.5 COL	4/7	A steady night's work behind the plate.
CIN @ TB2026-04-22	A	0.1 TB	2/3	Quietly excellent. The best umpiring is the kind you forget was there.
CWS @ KC2026-04-11	A-	0.3 CWS	1/3	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
SD @ PIT2026-04-07	B	1.6 PIT	3/5	Somebody's pitching staff sent a thank-you note.
TB @ MIN2026-04-03	B-	1.0 MIN	1/5	Tonight's zone had a rooting interest.
ATH @ TOR2026-03-29	A	0.3 ATH	2/3	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.