Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-02
TB @ KC
Home plate: Austin Jones
“A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.”
Umpire Grade
95.8% accurate
Run Favor
runs, KC
ABS Overturns
of 0 reviewed
What this shows — how Austin Jones called the 143 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 137 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
strike called ballball called strike
The calls that moved the game
- 1-0.30▲9 · 3-1 ball called strike
Yandy Díaz vs Steven Cruz - 2+0.21▼4 · 3-0 strike called ball
Nick Loftin vs Ian Seymour - 3+0.20▼1 · 2-1 strike called ball
Starling Marte vs Ian Seymour
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
No pitches were challenged tonight.