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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-14

STL @ ATH

Home plate: Felix Neon

“The Automated Ball-Strike System put in some overtime here.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.0% accurate
0.7
Run Favor
runs, STL
9
ABS Overturns
of 12 reviewed

What this shows — how Felix Neon called the 143 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 133 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: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: José Fermín — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Yohel Pozo — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Carlos Cortes — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Victor Scott II — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Brent Rooker — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8Challenge 9: Iván Herrera — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9Challenge 10: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).10Challenge 11: Jeff McNeil — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).11Challenge 12: Iván Herrera — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).12
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The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.28▲7 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Victor Scott II vs Mark Leiter Jr.
  2. 2+0.23▲8 · 0-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Jordan Walker vs Scott Barlow
  3. 3+0.13▼6 · 1-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Carlos Cortes vs Michael McGreevy

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

12 pitches went to the robots · 9 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Shea Langeliers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2José Fermín — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Yohel Pozo — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Carlos Cortes — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Victor Scott II — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Shea Langeliers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Shea Langeliers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  8. 8Brent Rooker — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  9. 9Iván Herrera — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  10. 10Shea Langeliers — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  11. 11Jeff McNeil — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  12. 12Iván Herrera — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 12 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.