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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-07

SD @ PIT

Home plate: Ryan Blakney

“Somebody's pitching staff sent a thank-you note.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.1% accurate
1.6
Run Favor
runs, PIT
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Ryan Blakney called the 139 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 128 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: Freddy Fermin — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Freddy Fermin — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Ryan O'Hearn — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Ryan O'Hearn — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Manny Machado — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼4 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Ryan O'Hearn vs Nick Pivetta
  2. 2+0.69▼7 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Spencer Horwitz vs Wandy Peralta
  3. 3+0.39▼3 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Henry Davis vs Nick Pivetta

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

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

  1. 1Freddy Fermin — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Freddy Fermin — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Ryan O'Hearn — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Ryan O'Hearn — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Manny Machado — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.