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RECORD: 0 HIT · 0 MISS · 12 OPEN · FIRST CALL RESOLVES AUG 12
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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-15

TOR @ MIL

Home plate: Chris Guccione

“Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.4% accurate
0.8
Run Favor
runs, MIL
3
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how Chris Guccione called the 144 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 136 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: Brandon Valenzuela — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Gary Sánchez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Joey Ortiz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼6 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Brice Turang vs Dylan Cease
  2. 2+0.13▲1 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Nathan Lukes vs Chad Patrick
  3. 3+0.10▼3 · 0-1 strike called ball
    Sal Frelick vs Dylan Cease

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

4 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Gary Sánchez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Brandon Valenzuela — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Gary Sánchez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Joey Ortiz — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.