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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-31

LAA @ TB

Home plate: Mike Estabrook

“The corners were friendlier in one direction tonight.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.3% accurate
1.5
Run Favor
runs, TB
1
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Mike Estabrook called the 165 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: Jose Siri — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Logan O'Hoppe — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Jonathan Aranda — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼2 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Hunter Feduccia vs Jack Kochanowicz
  2. 2+0.69▼7 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Taylor Walls vs Drew Pomeranz
  3. 3+0.30▼4 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Junior Caminero vs Mitch Farris

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

3 pitches went to the robots · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Jose Siri — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Logan O'Hoppe — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Jonathan Aranda — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.