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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-17

TB @ LAD

Home plate: Mark Ripperger

“Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.9% accurate
0.0
Run Favor
runs, LAD
2
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Mark Ripperger called the 155 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 144 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: Mookie Betts — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Miguel Rojas — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Dalton Rushing — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Dalton Rushing — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Hunter Feduccia — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Jonathan Aranda — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼4 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Dalton Rushing vs Shane McClanahan
  2. 2-0.39▼4 · 2-2 ball called strike· challenged
    Miguel Rojas vs Shane McClanahan
  3. 3-0.30▼3 · 3-1 ball called strike
    Alex Freeland vs Shane McClanahan

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 · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Mookie Betts — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Miguel Rojas — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Dalton Rushing — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Dalton Rushing — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Hunter Feduccia — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  6. 6Jonathan Aranda — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.