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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-02

ATL @ AZ

Home plate: Malachi Moore

“The grade leaned — the ledger says which way.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.5% accurate
1.2
Run Favor
runs, ATL
2
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Malachi Moore called the 176 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 161 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: Ozzie Albies — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Gabriel Moreno — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Drake Baldwin — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▲6 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Austin Riley vs Joe Ross
  2. 2+0.20▲5 · 2-1 strike called ball· challenged
    Dominic Smith vs Ryne Nelson
  3. 3+0.20▲5 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Mike Yastrzemski vs Kevin Ginkel

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

3 pitches went to the robots · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Ozzie Albies — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Gabriel Moreno — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Drake Baldwin — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 0 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.