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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-03-31

NYM @ STL

Home plate: Hunter Wendelstedt

“Called a fair game and let the players decide it.”

A+
Umpire Grade
97.1% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, NYM
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Hunter Wendelstedt called the 138 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 134 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: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Iván Herrera — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Iván Herrera — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Nathan Church — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.20▼2 · 2-1 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Jordan Walker vs Kodai Senga
  2. 2-0.13▼1 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Masyn Winn vs Kodai Senga
  3. 3+0.13▲3 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Luis Torrens vs Andre Pallante

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

5 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Luis Torrens — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Luis Torrens — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Iván Herrera — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Iván Herrera — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Nathan Church — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.