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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-23

LAD @ SF

Home plate: Rob Drake

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

C+
Umpire Grade
90.8% accurate
1.6
Run Favor
runs, LAD
6
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Rob Drake called the 130 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 118 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: Alex Freeland — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Tyler Glasnow — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Shohei Ohtani — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Dalton Rushing — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▲4 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Alex Freeland vs Logan Webb
  2. 2+0.23▲2 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Hyeseong Kim vs Logan Webb
  3. 3-0.21▼3 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Patrick Bailey vs Tyler Glasnow

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

6 pitches went to the robots · 6 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. 2Alex Freeland — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Tyler Glasnow — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Shohei Ohtani — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Dalton Rushing — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.