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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-25

TB @ BAL

Home plate: Ryan Additon

“Generous with the corners — the pitchers said thank you.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.3% accurate
0.0
Run Favor
runs, BAL
3
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Ryan Additon called the 208 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 190 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: Adley Rutschman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Victor Mesa Jr. — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Hunter Feduccia — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Leody Taveras — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Adley Rutschman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Taylor Walls — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Adley Rutschman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Taylor Walls — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▲5 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Taylor Walls vs Kyle Bradish
  2. 2+0.39▼7 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Leody Taveras vs Hunter Bigge
  3. 3-0.39▲11 · 2-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Taylor Walls vs Tyler Wells

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

8 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 5 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Adley Rutschman — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Victor Mesa Jr. — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Hunter Feduccia — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Leody Taveras — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Adley Rutschman — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  6. 6Taylor Walls — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Adley Rutschman — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  8. 8Taylor Walls — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 6 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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