Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-20
ATH @ SEA
Home plate: Mike Estabrook
“Expanded the plate a touch past its 17 inches.”
Umpire Grade
91.3% accurate
Run Favor
runs, ATH
ABS Overturns
of 0 reviewed
What this shows — how Mike Estabrook called the 138 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 126 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
- 1-0.28▼3 · 1-2 ball called strike
Luke Raley vs J.T. Ginn - 2-0.13▼6 · 1-1 ball called strike
Rob Refsnyder vs Hogan Harris - 3+0.13▼8 · 1-1 strike called ball
Cal Raleigh vs Mark Leiter Jr.
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.