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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-08

PHI @ SF

Home plate: Todd Tichenor

“A steady night's work behind the plate.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.4% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, PHI
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Todd Tichenor called the 161 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 152 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: Luis Arraez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Matt Chapman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Rafael Marchán — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Rafael Marchán — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.28▲8 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Bryson Stott vs Blade Tidwell
  2. 2-0.13▲6 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Bryson Stott vs Tyler Mahle
  3. 3+0.13▼6 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Matt Chapman vs Aaron Nola

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

5 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Luis Arraez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Matt Chapman — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Rafael Marchán — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Rafael Marchán — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Patrick Bailey — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.