Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-01
CWS @ MIA
Home plate: Mike Muchlinski
“The zone kept to itself — the hitters said thanks.”
Umpire Grade
94.0% accurate
Run Favor
runs, MIA
ABS Overturns
of 0 reviewed
What this shows — how Mike Muchlinski called the 116 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 109 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
strike called ballball called strike
The calls that moved the game
- 1+0.21▼7 · 3-0 strike called ball
Jakob Marsee vs Chris Murphy - 2+0.13▲6 · 1-1 strike called ball
Chase Meidroth vs Sandy Alcantara - 3+0.13▼1 · 1-0 strike called ball
Connor Norby vs Shane Smith
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
No pitches were challenged tonight.