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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-19

KC @ NYY

Home plate: Chris Guccione

“Generous with the corners — the pitchers said thank you.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.8% accurate
0.9
Run Favor
runs, NYY
2
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Chris Guccione called the 176 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 165 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: Maikel Garcia — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Paul Goldschmidt — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Elias Díaz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Maikel Garcia — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Maikel Garcia — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Austin Wells — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.39▲7 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Vinnie Pasquantino vs Ryan Weathers
  2. 2-0.39▲9 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Isaac Collins vs Angel Chivilli
  3. 3-0.13▲1 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Maikel Garcia vs Ryan Weathers

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

6 pitches went to the robots · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Maikel Garcia — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Paul Goldschmidt — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Elias Díaz — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Maikel Garcia — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Maikel Garcia — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Austin Wells — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.