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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-20

BAL @ TB

Home plate: Stu Scheurwater

“ABS had a long evening on this one.”

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Umpire Grade
95.1% accurate
0.1
Run Favor
runs, BAL
6
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Stu Scheurwater called the 162 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 154 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: Hunter Feduccia — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Ryan Vilade — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Hunter Feduccia — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Taylor Ward — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Richie Palacios — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Adley Rutschman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.39▼1 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Chandler Simpson vs Shane Baz
  2. 2-0.13▼8 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Junior Caminero vs Anthony Nunez
  3. 3+0.10▼3 · 0-1 strike called ball
    Junior Caminero vs Shane Baz

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 · 6 overturned (ump overruled) · 0 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Hunter Feduccia — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Ryan Vilade — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Hunter Feduccia — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Taylor Ward — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Richie Palacios — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Adley Rutschman — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 0 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.