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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-12

NYY @ TOR

Home plate: John Tumpane

“Hawkeye clocked in early and stayed late.”

A
Umpire Grade
96.4% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, NYY
5
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how John Tumpane called the 165 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 159 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: Alejandro Kirk — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: J.C. Escarra — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Spencer Jones — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Paul Goldschmidt — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Jazz Chisholm Jr. — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Ali Sánchez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Alejandro Kirk — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Jazz Chisholm Jr. — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.28▲5 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Jazz Chisholm Jr. vs Trey Yesavage
  2. 2+0.23▼1 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Kazuma Okamoto vs Ryan Weathers
  3. 3-0.13▼5 · 1-1 ball called strike
    George Springer vs Ryan Weathers

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

8 pitches went to the robots · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Alejandro Kirk — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2J.C. Escarra — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Spencer Jones — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Paul Goldschmidt — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Jazz Chisholm Jr. — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Ali Sánchez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Alejandro Kirk — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  8. 8Jazz Chisholm Jr. — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.