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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-26

One dugout got the friendlier version of the evening.

A
Umpire Grade
96.2% accurate
1.1
Run Favor
runs, LAA
1
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how Hunter Wendelstedt called the 158 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 152 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: Logan O'Hoppe — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Nolan Schanuel — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Grant McCray — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Willy Adames — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.397 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Jose Siri vs Adrian Houser
  2. 2-0.399 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Heliot Ramos vs Mitch Farris
  3. 3-0.219 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Drew Cavanaugh vs Sam Bachman

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

4 pitches went to the robots · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Logan O'Hoppe — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Nolan Schanuel — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Grant McCray — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Willy Adames — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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