Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-19
“Expanded the plate a touch past its 17 inches.”
Umpire Grade
89.8% accurate
Run Favor
runs, SD
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed
What this shows — how Rob Drake called the 147 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
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld
The calls that moved the game
- 1-0.69▲9 · 3-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
Max Muncy vs Mason Miller - 2-0.39▲7 · 2-2 ball called strike
Teoscar Hernández vs Bradgley Rodriguez - 3-0.39▲9 · 2-2 ball called strike· challenged
Teoscar Hernández vs Ron Marinaccio
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
4 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.
- 1Freddy Fermin — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 2Freddy Fermin — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
- 3Max Muncy — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
- 4Teoscar Hernández — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.