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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-10-15

MIL @ LAD

Home plate: Ryan Additon

“A small strike zone, generously enforced for the offense.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.0% accurate
1.0
Run Favor
runs, LAD
4
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Ryan Additon called the 156 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 142 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: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Will Smith — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Will Smith — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▼8 · 2-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Will Smith vs Aaron Ashby
  2. 2+0.30▼1 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Freddie Freeman vs Shane Drohan
  3. 3-0.28▲2 · 1-2 ball called strike
    Jake Bauers vs Tyler Glasnow

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

  1. 1William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Will Smith — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  7. 7Will Smith — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

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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