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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-06

ATH @ HOU

Home plate: Tripp Gibson

“Expanded the plate a touch past its 17 inches.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.9% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, HOU
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Tripp Gibson called the 183 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 170 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: Christian Vázquez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Darell Hernaiz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Zack Gelof — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Jeff McNeil — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Christian Vázquez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.30▲2 · 3-1 ball called strike· challenged
    Darell Hernaiz vs Tatsuya Imai
  2. 2-0.28▲8 · 1-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Brent Rooker vs Alimber Santa
  3. 3+0.23▲1 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Carlos Cortes vs Tatsuya Imai

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 Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Christian Vázquez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Darell Hernaiz — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Zack Gelof — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Jeff McNeil — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Christian Vázquez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.