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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-02

SF @ TB

Home plate: Hunter Wendelstedt

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

A
Umpire Grade
95.6% accurate
0.7
Run Favor
runs, TB
4
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how Hunter Wendelstedt called the 135 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 129 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: Drew Gilbert — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Hunter Feduccia — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Patrick Bailey — 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).4
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.28▼1 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Cedric Mullins vs Landen Roupp
  2. 2+0.21▼8 · 3-0 strike called ball
    Richie Palacios vs Gregory Santos
  3. 3-0.13▲5 · 1-1 ball called strike
    Patrick Bailey vs Jesse Scholtens

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

4 pitches went to the robots · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 0 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Drew Gilbert — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Hunter Feduccia — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 0 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.