Week 35

Aug 24 – Aug 30, 2026

249 attempted robberies · 188.1″ of total stolen zone across the league.

Worst-cooked team
MIA

11.6″ stolen across 13 attempted robberies

Worst-cooked HP ump
Dan Merzel

6 attempted robberies · max 4.9″

Worst calls of the week

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

1.7″
off the zone
#1

PIT @ SD

Bot 11th • 2-1 • 2-2

Ty France vs Kirby Yates

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Dan Merzel • Challenged by SD

Leverage: 10.71Egregiousness: 17.79
4.9″
off the zone
#2

PHI @ LAA

Bot 7th • 1-0 • 1-0

Oswald Peraza vs Cristopher Sánchez

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Dan Merzel • Challenged by LAA

Leverage: 2.11Egregiousness: 10.39
3.3″
inside the zone
#3

BOS @ MIA

Top 7th • 0-2 • 2-2

Connor Wong vs Jack Ralston

Called Ball → overturned to Strike

HP Umpire: David Rackley • Challenged by MIA

Leverage: 2.34Egregiousness: 7.82
3.2″
inside the zone
#4

COL @ ATL

Top 8th • 1-1 • 2-2

Hunter Goodman vs Dylan Lee

Called Ball → overturned to Strike

HP Umpire: David Rackley • Challenged by ATL

Leverage: 2.09Egregiousness: 6.77
1.4″
off the zone
#5

MIL @ NYM

Top 9th • 3-0 • 1-2

Jake Bauers vs Austin Warren

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Hunter Wendelstedt • Challenged by MIL

Leverage: 4.21Egregiousness: 6.06
4.6″
off the zone
#6

CLE @ LAA

Top 10th • 2-0 • 8-6

Angel Martínez vs Blake Weiman

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Doug Eddings • Challenged by CLE

Leverage: 1.13Egregiousness: 5.13
2.8″
inside the zone
#7

PIT @ STL

Bot 4th • 1-1 • 2-1

Nolan Gorman vs Carmen Mlodzinski

Called Ball → overturned to Strike

HP Umpire: Marvin Hudson • Challenged by PIT

Leverage: 1.75Egregiousness: 4.88
2.3″
off the zone
#8

CWS @ MIN

Top 3rd • 2-1 • 4-4

Miguel Vargas vs Dean Kremer

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Mike Estabrook • Challenged by CWS

Leverage: 1.97Egregiousness: 4.58
1.1″
inside the zone
#9

MIL @ NYM

Top 9th • 1-3 • 2-2

Garrett Mitchell vs Jefry Yan

Called Ball → overturned to Strike

HP Umpire: Hunter Wendelstedt • Challenged by NYM

Leverage: 4.02Egregiousness: 4.48
2.1″
off the zone
#10

LAD @ DET

Bot 4th • 2-1 • 1-0

Colt Keith vs Tyler Glasnow

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Scott Barry • Challenged by DET

Leverage: 2.05Egregiousness: 4.22

How umped was your team

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

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Umpires, ranked

worst → least bad. don't @ us.

  1. 01↑10+
    Dan Merzel

    6-for-6 on the leaderboard. avg 1.65″ off the rulebook. business as usual.

    6 · 1.65″ avg · LI 4
  2. 02NEW
    David Rackley

    specialist in moments that matter. 5 of 7 in high leverage.

    7 · 1.50″ avg · LI 5
  3. 03↑10+
    Hunter Wendelstedt

    9th-inning regular. 6 of 11 this week. closer than they should have been.

    11 · 0.71″ avg · LI 3
  4. 04NEW
    Doug Eddings

    rookie energy. memorable debut on the leaderboard.

    11 · 1.22″ avg · LI 1
  5. 05NEW
    Marvin Hudson

    first appearance. setting the tone early.

    7 · 1.32″ avg · LI 2
  6. 06↑10+
    Mike Estabrook

    up 10+. having a moment.

    7 · 1.07″ avg · LI 1
  7. 07↓3
    Edwin Moscoso

    redemption arc loading. tumbled 3 on the ladder.

    7 · 0.90″ avg · LI 2
  8. 08↑10+
    Carlos Torres

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

    5 · 1.33″ avg · LI 3
  9. 09↑4
    Lance Barrett

    rising. 4 spots up this week. keep watching.

    10 · 0.63″ avg · LI 2
  10. 10NEW
    Alan Porter

    first appearance. setting the tone early.

    10 · 0.78″ avg · LI 2