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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-21

ATH @ SEA

Home plate: Malachi Moore

“A busy night for the machines in the truck.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.4% accurate
0.7
Run Favor
runs, ATH
6
ABS Overturns
of 9 reviewed

What this shows — how Malachi Moore called the 160 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 151 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: Josh Naylor — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Josh Naylor — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Mitch Garver — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Mitch Garver — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Jeff McNeil — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Mitch Garver — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Zack Gelof — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8Challenge 9: Mitch Garver — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).9
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▲9 · 2-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Max Muncy vs Cole Wilcox
  2. 2+0.30▼1 · 3-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Josh Naylor vs Jacob Lopez
  3. 3-0.19▼3 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Cal Raleigh vs Jacob Lopez

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

9 pitches went to the robots · 6 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Josh Naylor — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Josh Naylor — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Mitch Garver — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Mitch Garver — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Jeff McNeil — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Shea Langeliers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Mitch Garver — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  8. 8Zack Gelof — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  9. 9Mitch Garver — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 9 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.