Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-18
“The zone stretched its legs.”
Umpire Grade
91.7% accurate
Run Favor
runs, AZ
ABS Overturns
of 0 reviewed
What this shows — how Jim Wolf called the 108 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 99 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
strike called ballball called strike
The calls that moved the game
- 1-0.19▼4 · 2-0 ball called strike
Geraldo Perdomo vs Max Scherzer - 2-0.13▼2 · 1-1 ball called strike
Ildemaro Vargas vs Max Scherzer - 3+0.13▼5 · 1-1 strike called ball
Ildemaro Vargas vs Max Scherzer
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
No pitches were challenged tonight.