Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-05
“Corner-to-corner and then some.”
Umpire Grade
91.4% accurate
Run Favor
runs, WSH
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed
What this shows — how Ron Kulpa called the 162 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 148 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▼4 · 3-2 ball called strike
Nolan Arenado vs Foster Griffin - 2-0.39▲7 · 2-2 ball called strike
Dylan Crews vs Philip Abner - 3+0.20▲1 · 2-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
James Wood vs Merrill Kelly
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 the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.
- 1Aramis Garcia — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 2Aramis Garcia — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
- 3James Wood — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.