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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-30

NYY @ ATH

Home plate: Adam Beck

“Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.4% accurate
0.9
Run Favor
runs, NYY
4
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 159 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: Tyler Soderstrom — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Brent Rooker — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Austin Wells — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: José Caballero — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Paul Goldschmidt — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Ben Rice — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Ben Rice — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.69▼7 · 3-2 ball called strike
    Alika Williams vs Ryan Weathers
  2. 2-0.20▼1 · 2-1 ball called strike
    Nick Kurtz vs Ryan Weathers
  3. 3+0.19▼3 · 2-0 strike called ball
    Shea Langeliers 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 Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Tyler Soderstrom — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Brent Rooker — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Austin Wells — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4José Caballero — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Paul Goldschmidt — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Ben Rice — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  7. 7Ben Rice — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  8. 8Shea Langeliers — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 7 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.