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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-08-13

SEA @ NYY

Home plate: Rob Drake

“This one went to video review more than most.”

C+
Umpire Grade
90.4% accurate
1.3
Run Favor
runs, NYY
5
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Rob Drake called the 156 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 141 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: Jhonny Pereda — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Cal Raleigh — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Ali Sánchez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Jhonny Pereda — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Jhonny Pereda — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Jhonny Pereda — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Heliot Ramos — 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▼6 · 2-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Trent Grisham vs Logan Gilbert
  2. 2-0.30▼7 · 3-1 ball called strike
    Ryan McMahon vs Eduard Bazardo
  3. 3+0.28▼6 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Spencer Jones vs Logan Gilbert

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 the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Jhonny Pereda — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Cal Raleigh — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Ali Sánchez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Jhonny Pereda — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Jhonny Pereda — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Jhonny Pereda — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  7. 7Heliot Ramos — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 6 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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