Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-26
SD @ AZ
Home plate: Junior Valentine
“A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.”
Umpire Grade
95.9% accurate
Run Favor
runs, SD
ABS Overturns
of 0 reviewed
What this shows — how Junior Valentine called the 147 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 141 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
strike called ballball called strike
The calls that moved the game
- 1+0.19▲5 · 2-0 strike called ball
Ramón Laureano vs Ryne Nelson - 2-0.19▼8 · 2-0 ball called strike
Ildemaro Vargas vs Ron Marinaccio - 3-0.09▼5 · 0-0 ball called strike
Tim Tawa vs Michael King
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
No pitches were challenged tonight.