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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-25

NYY @ BOS

Home plate: Todd Tichenor

“An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.0% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, NYY
1
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Todd Tichenor called the 134 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 126 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: Carlos Narváez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Carlos Narváez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Ben Rice — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.28▲5 · 1-2 ball called strike
    Paul Goldschmidt vs Connelly Early
  2. 2+0.20▲9 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Anthony Volpe vs Aroldis Chapman
  3. 3+0.13▲3 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Cody Bellinger vs Connelly Early

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

  1. 1Carlos Narváez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Carlos Narváez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Ben Rice — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.