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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-06

TEX @ NYY

Home plate: Quinn Wolcott

“A few too many trips to the challenge cart.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.8% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, NYY
7
ABS Overturns
of 9 reviewed

What this shows — how Quinn Wolcott called the 153 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 142 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: Austin Wells — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Andrew McCutchen — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Josh Jung — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Brandon Nimmo — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Corey Seager — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Austin Wells — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Kyle Higashioka — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Josh Jung — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8Challenge 9: Alejandro Osuna — 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+0.28▼6 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Trent Grisham vs Nathan Eovaldi
  2. 2+0.23▼1 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Jasson Domínguez vs Nathan Eovaldi
  3. 3-0.13▲4 · 1-1 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Corey Seager vs Will Warren

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 · 7 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Austin Wells — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Andrew McCutchen — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Josh Jung — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Brandon Nimmo — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Corey Seager — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Austin Wells — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  7. 7Kyle Higashioka — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  8. 8Josh Jung — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  9. 9Alejandro Osuna — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 8 of 9 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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