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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-16

BAL @ WSH

Home plate: Chris Conroy

“Tonight's zone had a rooting interest.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.1% accurate
1.4
Run Favor
runs, WSH
4
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Chris Conroy called the 160 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 149 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: Keibert Ruiz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Jacob Young — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: James Wood — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Leody Taveras — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Coby Mayo — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Jeremiah Jackson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.69▲6 · 3-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Taylor Ward vs Cade Cavalli
  2. 2+0.23▼7 · 0-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Jacob Young vs Andrew Kittredge
  3. 3-0.13▲2 · 1-1 ball called strike
    Coby Mayo vs Cade Cavalli

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. 1Keibert Ruiz — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Jacob Young — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3James Wood — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Leody Taveras — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Coby Mayo — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Jeremiah Jackson — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 5 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.