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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-21

PIT @ COL

Home plate: Todd Tichenor

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

C+
Umpire Grade
90.8% accurate
0.1
Run Favor
runs, COL
4
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Todd Tichenor called the 142 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 129 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: Ryan O'Hearn — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Cole Carrigg — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Brett Sullivan — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Spencer Horwitz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Willi Castro — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Braxton Fulford — 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. 1-0.39▲2 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Nick Gonzales vs Michael Lorenzen
  2. 2-0.28▼2 · 1-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Cole Carrigg vs Jared Jones
  3. 3-0.19▲5 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Spencer Horwitz vs Michael Lorenzen

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 · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Ryan O'Hearn — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Cole Carrigg — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Brett Sullivan — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Spencer Horwitz — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Willi Castro — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Braxton Fulford — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 5 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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