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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-03-28

NYY @ SF

Home plate: Chad Whitson

“This one went to video review more than most.”

A
Umpire Grade
96.2% accurate
0.0
Run Favor
runs, NYY
7
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Chad Whitson called the 156 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 150 right. Below, only his misses are plotted, alongside every pitch the ABS (Automated Ball-Strike System) reviewed on a challenge.

The zone, as he called it

Challenge 1: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Trent Grisham — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Heliot Ramos — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Austin Wells — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Austin Wells — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Heliot Ramos — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.21▼2 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Patrick Bailey vs Will Warren
  2. 2+0.21▲8 · 3-0 strike called ball
    Cody Bellinger vs Erik Miller
  3. 3-0.20▲3 · 2-1 ball called strike
    Cody Bellinger vs Tyler Mahle

Run impact from the count run-value table: a missed strike three is worth far more than one on 3-0.

ABS — the Automated Ball-Strike System

7 pitches went to the robots · 7 overturned (ump overruled) · 0 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Trent Grisham — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Heliot Ramos — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Austin Wells — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Austin Wells — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Heliot Ramos — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 0 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.