Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Todd Tichenor

17 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

93.1% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

43/65 calls

Best game 95.8% · worst 91.0%. 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
MIL @ STL2026-07-09	A	0.1 MIL	2/4	The zone showed up, did the job, and went home. Ideal.
NYY @ BOS2026-06-25	A-	0.2 NYY	1/3	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
PIT @ COL2026-06-21	B	0.7 COL	4/6	Expanded the plate a touch past its 17 inches.
BAL @ SEA2026-06-17	B	0.6 SEA	2/3	Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.
CHC @ SF2026-06-12	A-	0.3 CHC	5/6	ABS had a long evening on this one.
TOR @ BAL2026-05-31	B-	0.8 BAL	3/3	The zone kept to itself — the hitters said thanks.
STL @ MIL2026-05-27	B	0.8 STL	6/6	ABS had a long evening on this one.
SEA @ KC2026-05-23	B	0.3 SEA	3/5	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
NYM @ WSH2026-05-18	B-	1.0 WSH	2/5	Tonight's zone had a rooting interest.
SD @ SF2026-05-04	B-	0.1 SF	0/2	You wanted a strike, you had to earn it twice.
ATH @ TEX2026-04-26	B-	0.8 ATH	2/2	The zone shrank when the pitchers needed it most.
NYY @ BOS2026-04-22	B+	0.5 BOS	3/3	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
NYM @ CHC2026-04-17	A-	0.8 CHC	3/4	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
HOU @ SEA2026-04-13	A	0.6 HOU	2/3	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
PHI @ SF2026-04-08	A-	0.2 PHI	3/5	A steady night's work behind the plate.
CIN @ TEX2026-04-04	B-	0.3 TEX	0/2	Squeezed the edges; the hitters didn't mind at all.
DET @ AZ2026-03-30	B+	0.1 AZ	2/3	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.