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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.”

A
Umpire Grade
96.1% accurate
0.1
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 147 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 strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Andrew McCutchen — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Josh Jung — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Brandon Nimmo — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Corey Seager — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Austin Wells — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Kyle Higashioka — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (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+0.23▼1 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Jasson Domínguez vs Nathan Eovaldi
  2. 2+0.10▲3 · 0-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Josh Jung vs Will Warren
  3. 3+0.10▲6 · 0-1 strike called ball
    Alejandro Osuna vs Yerry De los Santos

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 Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Austin Wells — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Andrew McCutchen — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Josh Jung — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Brandon Nimmo — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Corey Seager — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Austin Wells — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Kyle Higashioka — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: 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 3 of 9 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.