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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-07

ATH @ DET

Home plate: Jim Wolf

“ABS had a long evening on this one.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.7% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, ATH
5
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Jim Wolf called the 152 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: Dillon Dingler — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Dillon Dingler — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Jacob Wilson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Riley Greene — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.39▼7 · 2-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Dillon Dingler vs Jacob Lopez
  2. 2+0.23▼7 · 0-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Riley Greene vs Jacob Lopez
  3. 3+0.19▼6 · 2-0 strike called ball
    Zach McKinstry vs Jacob Lopez

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

7 pitches went to the robots · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Dillon Dingler — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Shea Langeliers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Dillon Dingler — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Jacob Wilson — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Riley Greene — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Shea Langeliers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Shea Langeliers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.