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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-25

WSH @ CWS

Home plate: Ryan Additon

“The grade leaned — the ledger says which way.”

C
Umpire Grade
89.1% accurate
1.5
Run Favor
runs, WSH
4
ABS Overturns
of 9 reviewed

What this shows — how Ryan Additon called the 183 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 163 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: Chase Meidroth — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: James Wood — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Keibert Ruiz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Edgar Quero — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Keibert Ruiz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Keibert Ruiz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Nasim Nuñez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Curtis Mead — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8Challenge 9: Joey Wiemer — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).9
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.30▲4 · 3-1 strike called ball· challenged
    Brady House vs Noah Schultz
  2. 2+0.30▲7 · 3-1 strike called ball
    James Wood vs Jordan Hicks
  3. 3+0.30▲8 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Jacob Young vs Tyler Davis

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

9 pitches went to the robots · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 5 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Chase Meidroth — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2James Wood — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Keibert Ruiz — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Edgar Quero — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Keibert Ruiz — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Keibert Ruiz — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Nasim Nuñez — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  8. 8Curtis Mead — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  9. 9Joey Wiemer — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 5 of 9 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.