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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-03

SD @ LAD

Home plate: Tripp Gibson

“The zone kept its promises.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.7% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, LAD
1
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Tripp Gibson called the 143 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 134 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: Jackson Merrill — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Rodolfo Durán — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Kyle Tucker — 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▼7 · 3-0 strike called ball
    Tommy Edman vs Adrian Morejon
  2. 2-0.19▲9 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Samad Taylor vs Tanner Scott
  3. 3+0.13▲7 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Fernando Tatis Jr. vs Kyle Hurt

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. 1Jackson Merrill — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Rodolfo Durán — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Kyle Tucker — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

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.