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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-15

SF @ CIN

Home plate: Quinn Wolcott

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

A-
Umpire Grade
94.2% accurate
0.7
Run Favor
runs, SF
3
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how Quinn Wolcott called the 154 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 145 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: Daniel Susac — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Heliot Ramos — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Casey Schmitt — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.20▲1 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Casey Schmitt vs Rhett Lowder
  2. 2-0.20▼4 · 2-1 ball called strike
    Matt McLain vs Tyler Mahle
  3. 3+0.19▼2 · 2-0 strike called ball
    Ke'Bryan Hayes 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

4 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Daniel Susac — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Heliot Ramos — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Casey Schmitt — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Tyler Stephenson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.