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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-08-25

MIN @ ATH

Home plate: Jim Wolf

“ABS had a long evening on this one.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.3% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, ATH
6
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Jim Wolf called the 127 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 121 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: Brian Serven — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Victor Caratini — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Victor Caratini — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Luke Keaschall — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Victor Caratini — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Brian Serven — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Ryan Kreidler — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.28▼6 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Lawrence Butler vs Taj Bradley
  2. 2+0.28▼8 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Lawrence Butler vs A.J. Minter
  3. 3+0.20▲7 · 2-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Ryan Kreidler vs Hogan Harris

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

8 pitches went to the robots · 6 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Brian Serven — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Victor Caratini — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Victor Caratini — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Luke Keaschall — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Victor Caratini — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  6. 6Brian Serven — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Ryan Kreidler — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  8. 8Ryan Jeffers — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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