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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-18

NYM @ WSH

Home plate: Todd Tichenor

“Tonight's zone had a rooting interest.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.4% accurate
1.0
Run Favor
runs, WSH
2
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Todd Tichenor called the 210 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 192 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 Millas — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Bo Bichette — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Drew Millas — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.30▼2 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Jorbit Vivas vs Christian Scott
  2. 2+0.28▼9 · 1-2 strike called ball
    José Tena vs Luke Weaver
  3. 3+0.13▼2 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Jorbit Vivas vs Christian Scott

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. 1Drew Millas — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Luis Torrens — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Luis Torrens — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Bo Bichette — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Drew Millas — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.