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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-09-16

NYY @ MIN

Home plate: Edwin Jimenez

“The robots earned their keep tonight.”

C
Umpire Grade
89.7% accurate
0.8
Run Favor
runs, NYY
8
ABS Overturns
of 10 reviewed

What this shows — how Edwin Jimenez called the 213 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 191 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: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Emmanuel Rodriguez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Austin Wells — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Spencer Jones — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Ali Sánchez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Ali Sánchez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).8Challenge 9: Ben Rice — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9Challenge 10: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).10
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.69▼2 · 3-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Emmanuel Rodriguez vs Carlos Rodón
  2. 2+0.69▼4 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Royce Lewis vs Carlos Rodón
  3. 3-0.39▲9 · 2-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Spencer Jones vs Yoendrys Gómez

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

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

  1. 1Ryan Jeffers — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Emmanuel Rodriguez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Austin Wells — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Ryan Jeffers — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Spencer Jones — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Ryan Jeffers — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  7. 7Ali Sánchez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  8. 8Ali Sánchez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  9. 9Ben Rice — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  10. 10Ryan Jeffers — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 9 of 10 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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