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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-09

WSH @ MIA

Home plate: James Jean

“The zone shrank when the pitchers needed it most.”

C
Umpire Grade
89.5% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, WSH
4
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how James Jean called the 153 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 137 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: Luis García Jr. — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Joe Mack — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: James Wood — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Joe Mack — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Drew Millas — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Otto Lopez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▲2 · 3-2 strike called ball
    James Wood vs Janson Junk
  2. 2-0.20▲7 · 2-1 ball called strike
    Nasim Nuñez vs Lake Bachar
  3. 3-0.20▼8 · 2-1 ball called strike
    Connor Norby vs Mitchell Parker

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. 1Luis García Jr. — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Joe Mack — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3James Wood — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Joe Mack — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Drew Millas — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Otto Lopez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.