Week 17

Apr 20 – Apr 26, 2026

222 attempted robberies · 162.7″ of total stolen zone across the league.

Worst-cooked team
TOR

18.3″ stolen across 12 attempted robberies

Worst-cooked HP ump
Will Little

4 attempted robberies · max 3.5″

Worst calls of the week

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

3.5″
off the zone
#1

WSH @ CWS

Bot 8th • 3-0 • 4-4

Colson Montgomery vs Riley Cornelio

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Will Little • Challenged by CWS

Leverage: 4.33Egregiousness: 15.32
4.0″
inside the zone
#2

LAD @ SF

Bot 7th • 1-1 • 0-0

Drew Gilbert vs Jack Dreyer

Called Ball → overturned to Strike

HP Umpire: Jordan Baker • Challenged by LAD

Leverage: 3.54Egregiousness: 14.13
6.0″
off the zone
#3

SEA @ STL

Top 9th • 1-2 • 3-2

Rob Refsnyder vs JoJo Romero

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: John Bacon • Challenged by SEA

Leverage: 2.16Egregiousness: 12.96
3.4″
inside the zone
#4

SD @ COL

Top 9th • 0-1 • 1-0

Nick Castellanos vs Brennan Bernardino

Called Ball → overturned to Strike

HP Umpire: Alex MacKay • Challenged by COL

Leverage: 2.89Egregiousness: 9.88
3.2″
off the zone
#5

ATH @ SEA

Top 6th • 1-1 • 3-2

Jeff McNeil vs Eduard Bazardo

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Malachi Moore • Challenged by ATH

Leverage: 2.50Egregiousness: 7.99
1.9″
inside the zone
#6

MIL @ DET

Bot 9th • 0-1 • 4-4

Matt Vierling vs Abner Uribe

Called Ball → overturned to Strike

HP Umpire: Gabe Morales • Challenged by MIL

Leverage: 3.78Egregiousness: 7.32
1.4″
off the zone
#7

CWS @ AZ

Top 9th • 4-0 • 1-1

Chase Meidroth vs Paul Sewald

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Cory Blaser • Challenged by CWS

Leverage: 4.16Egregiousness: 5.93
1.9″
off the zone
#8

ATH @ TEX

Bot 7th • 3-0 • 2-1

Andrew McCutchen vs Hogan Harris

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Todd Tichenor • Challenged by TEX

Leverage: 2.63Egregiousness: 5.06
2.7″
off the zone
#9

SEA @ STL

Top 5th • 3-2 • 1-1

Dominic Canzone vs Michael McGreevy

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: John Bacon • Challenged by SEA

Leverage: 1.71Egregiousness: 4.64
1.1″
inside the zone
#10

BAL @ KC

Top 9th • 1-1 • 5-5

Samuel Basallo vs Lucas Erceg

Called Ball → overturned to Strike

HP Umpire: Brock Ballou • Challenged by KC

Leverage: 4.16Egregiousness: 4.52

How umped was your team

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

S
MOST UMPED
TOR
A
ROUGH WEEK
SEA
B
MID
CWSNYMATLLAD
C
FINE
ATHCHCCLEMINAZMILKCPHIPITWSHHOUCOLBOSNYY
D
GOOD WEEK
SFDETLAATEXBALMIATBCINSTLSD
F
UMPS LOVED YOUnone

Umpires, ranked

worst → least bad. don't @ us.

  1. 01↑10+
    Will Little

    4-for-4 on the leaderboard. avg 1.87″ off the rulebook. business as usual.

    4 · 1.87″ avg · LI 1
  2. 02FLAT
    John Bacon

    11 on the ledger. 1.00″ avg.

    11 · 1.00″ avg · LI 6
  3. 03↑10+
    Jordan Baker

    specialist in moments that matter. 3 of 4 in high leverage.

    4 · 1.47″ avg · LI 3
  4. 04↑10+
    Ryan Wills

    specialist in moments that matter. 6 of 7 in high leverage.

    7 · 1.12″ avg · LI 6
  5. 05↑10+
    Malachi Moore

    specialist in moments that matter. 4 of 6 in high leverage.

    6 · 1.11″ avg · LI 4
  6. 06↑10+
    Alex MacKay

    the late-inning specialist. 2 of 3 attempted robberies in the 9th. heartbreaker hours.

    3 · 1.46″ avg · LI 1
  7. 07↑10+
    Brian Walsh

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

    10 · 1.09″ avg
  8. 08NEW
    Scott Barry

    specialist in moments that matter. 4 of 6 in high leverage.

    6 · 0.71″ avg · LI 4
  9. 09↓3
    Gabe Morales

    redemption arc loading. tumbled 3 on the ladder.

    2 · 1.64″ avg · LI 1
  10. 10NEW
    Chris Segal

    rookie energy. memorable debut on the leaderboard.

    5 · 1.23″ avg · LI 1
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