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RECORD: 0 HIT · 0 MISS · 12 OPEN · FIRST CALL RESOLVES AUG 12
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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-01

TB @ MIL

Home plate: CB Bucknor

“Textbook top to bottom — a quiet masterclass.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.9% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, TB
1
ABS Overturns
of 1 reviewed

What this shows — how CB Bucknor called the 146 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 140 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: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.13▲9 · 1-1 ball called strike
    Ben Williamson vs DL Hall
  2. 2-0.13▼5 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Joey Ortiz vs Drew Rasmussen
  3. 3+0.10▲4 · 0-1 strike called ball
    Yandy Díaz vs Jacob Misiorowski

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

1 pitch went to the robots · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 0 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Nick Fortes — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 0 of 1 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.