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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-13

BOS @ MIN

Home plate: Willie Traynor

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

A
Umpire Grade
95.5% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, BOS
1
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Willie Traynor called the 157 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 150 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: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Luke Keaschall — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▲9 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Roman Anthony vs Garrett Acton
  2. 2+0.13▼3 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Luke Keaschall vs Jovani Morán
  3. 3+0.10▼4 · 0-1 strike called ball
    Victor Caratini vs Jovani Morán

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. 1Ryan Jeffers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Luke Keaschall — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Ryan Jeffers — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.