Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-30
“Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.”
Umpire Grade
93.6% accurate
Run Favor
runs, NYY
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed
What this shows — how Adam Beck called the 172 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 161 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
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld
The calls that moved the game
- 1-0.69▼7 · 3-2 ball called strike
Alika Williams vs Ryan Weathers - 2+0.30▼6 · 3-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
Henry Bolte vs Ryan Weathers - 3-0.20▼1 · 2-1 ball called strike
Nick Kurtz vs Ryan Weathers
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 · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.
- 1Tyler Soderstrom — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
- 2Brent Rooker — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
- 3Austin Wells — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 4José Caballero — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
- 5Paul Goldschmidt — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
- 6Ben Rice — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
- 7Ben Rice — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
- 8Shea Langeliers — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 5 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.