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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-11

WSH @ MIL

Home plate: Bruce Dreckman

“An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.2% accurate
0.7
Run Favor
runs, WSH
2
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Bruce Dreckman called the 166 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 153 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: Gary Sánchez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: James Wood — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: William Contreras — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Joey Ortiz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Drew Millas — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.28▲1 · 1-2 strike called ball
    James Wood vs Kyle Harrison
  2. 2+0.28▲9 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Keibert Ruiz vs Brandon Sproat
  3. 3+0.28▼9 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Sal Frelick vs Clayton Beeter

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 · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Gary Sánchez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2James Wood — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3William Contreras — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Joey Ortiz — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Drew Millas — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.