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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-23

PHI @ CHC

Home plate: Hunter Wendelstedt

“A steady night's work behind the plate.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.7% accurate
0.9
Run Favor
runs, PHI
4
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Hunter Wendelstedt called the 152 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 144 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: Garrett Stubbs — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Seiya Suzuki — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Kyle Schwarber — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Carson Kelly — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Trea Turner — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Michael Busch — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▲9 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Trea Turner vs Riley Martin
  2. 2+0.28▲1 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Trea Turner vs Edward Cabrera
  3. 3+0.23▼2 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Dansby Swanson vs Cristopher Sánchez

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

  1. 1Garrett Stubbs — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Seiya Suzuki — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Kyle Schwarber — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Carson Kelly — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Trea Turner — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Michael Busch — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.