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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-10

COL @ SD

Home plate: Hunter Wendelstedt

“A few too many trips to the challenge cart.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.5% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, COL
9
ABS Overturns
of 11 reviewed

What this shows — how Hunter Wendelstedt called the 129 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 118 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: Edouard Julien — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Luis Campusano — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Mickey Moniak — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Jordan Beck — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Brett Sullivan — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Brett Sullivan — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Hunter Goodman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Jordan Beck — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8Challenge 9: Brett Sullivan — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9Challenge 10: Brett Sullivan — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).10Challenge 11: Xander Bogaerts — 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+0.69▲7 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Jordan Beck vs Kyle Hart
  2. 2+0.69▼9 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Manny Machado vs Juan Mejia
  3. 3+0.21▼8 · 3-0 strike called ball
    Ramón Laureano vs Antonio Senzatela

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. 1Edouard Julien — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Luis Campusano — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Mickey Moniak — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Jordan Beck — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Brett Sullivan — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Brett Sullivan — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Hunter Goodman — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  8. 8Jordan Beck — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  9. 9Brett Sullivan — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  10. 10Brett Sullivan — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  11. 11Xander Bogaerts — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 11 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.