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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-23

SEA @ KC

Home plate: Todd Tichenor

“Called a fair game and let the players decide it.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.2% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, SEA
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Todd Tichenor called the 128 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 118 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: Jhonny Pereda — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Carter Jensen — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Jhonny Pereda — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Isaac Collins — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Jhonny Pereda — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▲5 · 2-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Cole Young vs Stephen Kolek
  2. 2-0.13▼3 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Carter Jensen vs George Kirby
  3. 3-0.13▲6 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Jhonny Pereda vs Stephen Kolek

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 · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Jhonny Pereda — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Carter Jensen — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Jhonny Pereda — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Isaac Collins — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Jhonny Pereda — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

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.