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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-12

CHC @ SF

Home plate: Todd Tichenor

“ABS had a long evening on this one.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.1% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, CHC
5
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Todd Tichenor called the 152 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 143 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: Daniel Susac — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Daniel Susac — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Daniel Susac — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Daniel Susac — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Daniel Susac — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Carson Kelly — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.23▲3 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Dansby Swanson vs Landen Roupp
  2. 2+0.13▲3 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Carson Kelly vs Landen Roupp
  3. 3-0.13▲4 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Nico Hoerner vs Landen Roupp

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

6 pitches went to the robots · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Daniel Susac — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Daniel Susac — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Daniel Susac — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Daniel Susac — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Daniel Susac — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Carson Kelly — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.