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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-24

LAA @ KC

Home plate: Jim Wolf

“An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.”

A+
Umpire Grade
98.0% accurate
0.4
Run Favor
runs, KC
3
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Jim Wolf called the 146 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 143 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: Lane Thomas — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Logan O'Hoppe — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Isaac Collins — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Elias Díaz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Zach Neto — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Mike Trout — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▼3 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Nick Loftin vs Yusei Kikuchi
  2. 2+0.23▼1 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Bobby Witt Jr. vs Yusei Kikuchi
  3. 3-0.20▼2 · 2-1 ball called strike
    Isaac Collins vs Yusei Kikuchi

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 · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Lane Thomas — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Logan O'Hoppe — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Isaac Collins — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Elias Díaz — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Zach Neto — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Mike Trout — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.