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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-26

WSH @ CWS

Home plate: Ryan Wills

“The zone kept its promises.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.8% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, CWS
3
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Ryan Wills called the 125 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 116 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: Brady House — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Drew Millas — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Drew Romo — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Munetaka Murakami — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Drew Millas — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Drew Romo — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Luis García Jr. — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Chase Meidroth — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.21▼2 · 3-0 strike called ball
    Drew Romo vs Foster Griffin
  2. 2+0.10▼5 · 0-1 strike called ball
    Chase Meidroth vs Foster Griffin
  3. 3+0.09▲1 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Curtis Mead vs Bryan Hudson

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

8 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 5 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Brady House — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Drew Millas — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Drew Romo — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Munetaka Murakami — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Drew Millas — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  6. 6Drew Romo — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Luis García Jr. — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  8. 8Chase Meidroth — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 6 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.