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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-01

MIN @ KC

Home plate: Andy Fletcher

“Hawkeye did more talking than the umpire tonight.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.4% accurate
1.1
Run Favor
runs, MIN
9
ABS Overturns
of 11 reviewed

What this shows — how Andy Fletcher called the 216 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 206 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: Matt Wallner — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Austin Martin — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Salvador Perez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Luke Keaschall — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Salvador Perez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).8Challenge 9: Austin Martin — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9Challenge 10: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).10Challenge 11: Josh Bell — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).11
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.30▼6 · 3-1 ball called strike
    Isaac Collins vs Cody Laweryson
  2. 2+0.23▼2 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Maikel Garcia vs Joe Ryan
  3. 3-0.21▼6 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Isaac Collins vs Cody Laweryson

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

11 pitches went to the robots · 9 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Matt Wallner — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Ryan Jeffers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Ryan Jeffers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Austin Martin — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Salvador Perez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Ryan Jeffers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Luke Keaschall — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  8. 8Salvador Perez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  9. 9Austin Martin — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  10. 10Ryan Jeffers — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  11. 11Josh Bell — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 11 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.