Monthly Power Rankings

May 2026

881 attempted robberies · 586.8″ of total stolen zone across the league.

Worst-cooked team

30.8″ stolen across 37 attempted robberies

Worst-cooked HP ump

11 attempted robberies · max 4.4

Worst calls of the month

The 10 biggest attempted robberies, ranked by leverage × how far the call missed the zone.

2.0
inside the zone
#1

NYY @ MIL

Bot 10th • 2-2 • 3-3

Brice Turang vs Tim Hill

Called Ball → overturned to Strike

HP Umpire: Roberto Ortiz • Challenged by NYY

Leverage: 11.97Egregiousness: 23.83
4.3
off the zone
#2

STL @ MIL

Top 9th • 3-1 • 1-2

Bryan Torres vs Trevor Megill

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Todd Tichenor • Challenged by STL

Leverage: 4.21Egregiousness: 18.32
2.4
off the zone
#3

DET @ NYM

Top 10th • 1-0 • 2-2

Jahmai Jones vs Brooks Raley

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Junior Valentine • Challenged by DET

Leverage: 6.56Egregiousness: 15.65
4.4
off the zone
#4

BAL @ MIA

Top 9th • 3-0 • 7-7

Taylor Ward vs Andrew Nardi

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Roberto Ortiz • Challenged by BAL

Leverage: 3.33Egregiousness: 14.55
3.8
off the zone
#5

SD @ SF

Top 7th • 3-0 • 1-1

Ramón Laureano vs Keaton Winn

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Tripp Gibson • Challenged by SD

Leverage: 3.41Egregiousness: 12.89
2.4
off the zone
#6

NYM @ WSH

Top 12th • 1-0 • 7-6

Bo Bichette vs Paxton Schultz

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Todd Tichenor • Challenged by NYM

Leverage: 4.71Egregiousness: 11.39
2.9
off the zone
#7

AZ @ CHC

Bot 5th • 3-2 • 2-3

Ian Happ vs Merrill Kelly

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Doug Eddings • Challenged by CHC

Leverage: 3.71Egregiousness: 10.91
1.1
off the zone
#8

MIN @ CWS

Top 11th • 4-1 • 2-2

Byron Buxton vs Tyler Davis

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Adam Beck • Challenged by MIN

Leverage: 9.56Egregiousness: 10.82
2.3
off the zone
#9

CWS @ SF

Bot 5th • 1-0 • 4-4

Casey Schmitt vs Grant Taylor

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Chris Guccione • Challenged by SF

Leverage: 4.28Egregiousness: 9.96
2.7
off the zone
#10

BAL @ MIA

Top 9th • 3-2 • 3-3

Coby Mayo vs Calvin Faucher

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Willie Traynor • Challenged by BAL

Leverage: 3.33Egregiousness: 9.06

How umped was your team

All 30 teams, tier'd by cumulative ABS-overturned magnitude this month.

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MOST UMPEDnone
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ROUGH MONTHnone
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UMPS LOVED YOUnone

Umpires, ranked

worst → least bad. don't @ us.

  1. 01↑10+
    Roberto Ortiz

    feasting again. 11 attempted robberies this month, max 4.4″ miss. the GOAT (heel).

    11 · 1.04″ avg · LI 7
  2. 02↑10+
    Todd Tichenor

    rising. 10+ spots up this month. keep watching.

    14 · 1.04″ avg · LI 6
  3. 03↑10+
    Junior Valentine

    specialist in moments that matter. 6 of 9 in high leverage.

    9 · 0.92″ avg · LI 6
  4. 04↑10+
    Erich Bacchus

    doesn't miss garbage time. 7 of 10 in high-LI spots.

    10 · 1.33″ avg · LI 7
  5. 05↑10+
    Carlos Torres

    rising. 10+ spots up this month. keep watching.

    11 · 1.21″ avg · LI 6
  6. 06↑10+
    Willie Traynor

    rising. 10+ spots up this month. keep watching.

    17 · 1.01″ avg · LI 4
  7. 07↑10+
    Tripp Gibson

    rising. 10+ spots up this month. keep watching.

    10 · 0.84″ avg · LI 4
  8. 08↓5
    Hunter Wendelstedt

    used to be hotter. dropped 5 spots this month. enjoy it while it lasts.

    14 · 1.09″ avg · LI 6
  9. 09↑10+
    Jeremie Rehak

    up 10+. having a moment.

    10 · 1.31″ avg · LI 4
  10. 10↑10+
    Ryan Additon

    rising. 10+ spots up this month. keep watching.

    18 · 0.69″ avg · LI 9
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