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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-17

BAL @ SEA

Home plate: Todd Tichenor

“Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.8% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, SEA
2
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Todd Tichenor called the 138 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 128 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: Adley Rutschman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Adley Rutschman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Connor Joe — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.21▲4 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Pete Alonso vs George Kirby
  2. 2+0.13▼4 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Cal Raleigh vs Kyle Bradish
  3. 3-0.13▲9 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Taylor Ward vs Michael Rucker

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 · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Adley Rutschman — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Adley Rutschman — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Connor Joe — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.