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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-07

BAL @ MIA

Home plate: Willie Traynor

“The black wasn't in play tonight.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.3% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, BAL
4
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Willie Traynor called the 143 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 132 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: Liam Hicks — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Liam Hicks — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Liam Hicks — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Coby Mayo — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Joe Mack — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.21▲8 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Taylor Ward vs Josh Ekness
  2. 2+0.20▼3 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Javier Sanoja vs Cade Povich
  3. 3+0.19▲5 · 2-0 strike called ball
    Gunnar Henderson vs Max Meyer

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

5 pitches went to the robots · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Liam Hicks — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Liam Hicks — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Liam Hicks — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Coby Mayo — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Joe Mack — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.