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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-06

BAL @ CWS

Home plate: Malachi Moore

“Generous with the corners — the pitchers said thank you.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.1% accurate
0.5
Run Favor
runs, CWS
1
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Malachi Moore called the 144 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: Derek Hill — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Adley Rutschman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Edgar Quero — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.23▼9 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Edgar Quero vs Ryan Helsley
  2. 2-0.13▲3 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Taylor Ward vs Erick Fedde
  3. 3-0.13▼3 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Chase Meidroth vs Brandon Young

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 · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Derek Hill — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Adley Rutschman — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Edgar Quero — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.