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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-09-04

LAA @ PIT

Home plate: Tyler Jones

“Squeezed the edges; the hitters didn't mind at all.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.2% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, PIT
4
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Tyler Jones called the 141 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 130 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: Moisés Ballesteros — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Spencer Horwitz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Moisés Ballesteros — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Henry Davis — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Tyler Heineman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Mike Trout — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Henry Davis — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Travis d'Arnaud — 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+0.69▼5 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Brandon Lowe vs Ryan Johnson
  2. 2-0.39▲9 · 2-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Mike Trout vs Mason Montgomery
  3. 3-0.30▼1 · 3-1 ball called strike
    Nick Gonzales vs Ryan Johnson

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

  1. 1Moisés Ballesteros — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Spencer Horwitz — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Moisés Ballesteros — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Henry Davis — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Tyler Heineman — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  6. 6Mike Trout — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Henry Davis — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  8. 8Travis d'Arnaud — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

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

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