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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-13

MIA @ MIN

Home plate: Manny Gonzalez

“The robots earned their keep tonight.”

C
Umpire Grade
89.2% accurate
0.1
Run Favor
runs, MIA
5
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Manny Gonzalez called the 166 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 148 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: Austin Martin — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Victor Caratini — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Otto Lopez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Joe Mack — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Victor Caratini — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Joe Mack — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Joe Mack — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.39▼9 · 2-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Tristan Gray vs Josh Ekness
  2. 2+0.28▲6 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Connor Norby vs Justin Topa
  3. 3-0.21▼5 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Brooks Lee 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

7 pitches went to the robots · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Austin Martin — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Victor Caratini — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Otto Lopez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Joe Mack — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Victor Caratini — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Joe Mack — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  7. 7Joe Mack — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.