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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-25

MIA @ SF

Home plate: Mark Ripperger

“Corner-to-corner and then some.”

B
Umpire Grade
93.0% accurate
0.5
Run Favor
runs, SF
2
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Mark Ripperger called the 171 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 159 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: Agustín Ramírez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Agustín Ramírez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Drew Gilbert — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.69▲8 · 3-2 ball called strike
    Xavier Edwards vs Erik Miller
  2. 2+0.30▲8 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Kyle Stowers vs Erik Miller
  3. 3+0.20▲2 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Javier Sanoja vs Robbie Ray

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

5 pitches went to the robots · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Agustín Ramírez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Agustín Ramírez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Drew Gilbert — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Patrick Bailey — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.