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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-12

SEA @ HOU

Home plate: Jim Wolf

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B+
Umpire Grade
93.2% accurate
0.5
Run Favor
runs, SEA
3
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Jim Wolf called the 147 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 137 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: Cal Raleigh — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Christian Vázquez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Randy Arozarena — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Cam Smith — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Dominic Canzone — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Cal Raleigh — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.23▲4 · 0-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Randy Arozarena vs Tatsuya Imai
  2. 2-0.20▲5 · 2-1 ball called strike
    J.P. Crawford vs Jayden Murray
  3. 3+0.13▲9 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Luke Raley vs AJ Blubaugh

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

6 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Cal Raleigh — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Christian Vázquez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Randy Arozarena — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Cam Smith — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Dominic Canzone — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Cal Raleigh — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.