Week 26

Jun 22 – Jun 28, 2026

209 attempted robberies · 156.8″ of total stolen zone across the league.

Worst-cooked team

15.4″ stolen across 10 attempted robberies

Worst-cooked HP ump

4 attempted robberies · max 1.9

Worst calls of the week

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

2.4
off the zone
#1

AZ @ STL

Top 7th • 3-0 • 0-0

Nolan Arenado vs Max Rajcic

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Jacob Metz • Challenged by AZ

Leverage: 3.41Egregiousness: 8.02
2.7
off the zone
#2

SEA @ CLE

Top 7th • 3-0 • 1-1

Cal Raleigh vs Tim Herrin

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Mark Wegner • Challenged by SEA

Leverage: 2.92Egregiousness: 7.94
1.8
inside the zone
#3

ATL @ SD

Top 8th • 0-1 • 6-6

Ozzie Albies vs Adrian Morejon

Called Ball → overturned to Strike

HP Umpire: Dan Merzel • Challenged by SD

Leverage: 4.07Egregiousness: 7.32
4.5
off the zone
#4

CLE @ CWS

Bot 3rd • 2-0 • 0-0

Miguel Vargas vs Tanner Bibee

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Tripp Gibson • Challenged by CWS

Leverage: 1.38Egregiousness: 6.20
2.2
off the zone
#5

HOU @ DET

Bot 7th • 1-0 • 2-3

James Outman vs Bryan Abreu

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Ryan Additon • Challenged by DET

Leverage: 2.63Egregiousness: 5.88
2.4
off the zone
#6

SEA @ PIT

Bot 8th • 4-2 • 3-2

Marcell Ozuna vs Eduard Bazardo

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Hunter Wendelstedt • Challenged by PIT

Leverage: 2.47Egregiousness: 5.86
4.0
off the zone
#7

WSH @ BAL

Bot 1st • 4-2 • 0-0

Taylor Ward vs Foster Griffin

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Cory Blaser • Challenged by BAL

Leverage: 1.35Egregiousness: 5.43
1.9
off the zone
#8

KC @ TB

Bot 8th • 2-0 • 2-1

Jonathan Aranda vs John Schreiber

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Gabe Morales • Challenged by TB

Leverage: 1.93Egregiousness: 3.76
2.4
inside the zone
#9

LAD @ MIN

Top 4th • 1-2 • 1-1

Mookie Betts vs Zebby Matthews

Called Ball → overturned to Strike

HP Umpire: Lance Barksdale • Challenged by MIN

Leverage: 1.53Egregiousness: 3.63
1.2
off the zone
#10

MIL @ CIN

Bot 9th • 1-0 • 0-0

Blake Dunn vs Trevor Megill

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Tyler Jones • Challenged by CIN

Leverage: 2.83Egregiousness: 3.48

How umped was your team

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

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MOST UMPEDnone
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ROUGH WEEK
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UMPS LOVED YOUnone

Umpires, ranked

worst → least bad. don't @ us.

  1. 01↑9
    Gabe Morales

    4-for-4 on the leaderboard. avg 1.48″ off the rulebook. business as usual.

    4 · 1.48″ avg · LI 4
  2. 02↑10+
    Lance Barksdale

    up 10+. having a moment.

    12 · 1.00″ avg · LI 5
  3. 03↑10
    Hunter Wendelstedt

    specialist in moments that matter. 3 of 5 in high leverage.

    5 · 0.95″ avg · LI 3
  4. 04↑10+
    Mark Wegner

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

    2 · 1.74″ avg · LI 1
  5. 05NEW
    Cory Blaser

    first appearance. setting the tone early.

    6 · 1.21″ avg · LI 2
  6. 06↑10+
    Doug Eddings

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

    7 · 1.22″ avg · LI 2
  7. 07↑10+
    Jacob Metz

    one attempted robbery this week. 2.4″. it was a SHOWSTOPPER.

    1 · 2.35″ avg · LI 1
  8. 08↓4
    Ryan Additon

    used to be hotter. dropped 4 spots this week. enjoy it while it lasts.

    7 · 0.53″ avg · LI 4
  9. 09↓7
    Dan Merzel

    doesn't miss garbage time. 2 of 3 in high-LI spots.

    3 · 0.63″ avg · LI 2
  10. 10NEW
    Nick Mahrley

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

    6 · 0.88″ avg · LI 4