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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-27

NYY @ TEX

Home plate: John Tumpane

“Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.8% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, NYY
2
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how John Tumpane called the 167 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 155 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: Max Fried — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Kyle Higashioka — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: José Caballero — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Austin Wells — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Trent Grisham — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.30▼8 · 3-1 ball called strike
    Josh Jung vs Tim Hill
  2. 2-0.28▲3 · 1-2 ball called strike
    Ryan McMahon vs Jack Leiter
  3. 3+0.28▲4 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Jasson Domínguez vs Jack Leiter

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. 1Max Fried — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Kyle Higashioka — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3José Caballero — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Austin Wells — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Trent Grisham — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.