Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-31
“Squeezed the edges; the hitters didn't mind at all.”
Umpire Grade
91.8% accurate
Run Favor
runs, NYY
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed
What this shows — how Jen Pawol called the 171 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 157 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+0.39▲2 · 2-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
Cody Bellinger vs Jacob Lopez - 2+0.28▲1 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
Aaron Judge vs Jacob Lopez - 3+0.28▼8 · 1-2 strike called ball
Carlos Cortes vs Fernando Cruz
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 the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.
- 1Jonah Heim — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 2Carlos Cortes — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
- 3Jonah Heim — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 4Austin Wells — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 5Jonah Heim — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 5 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.