Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-23
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Umpire Grade
93.3% accurate
Run Favor
runs, STL
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed
What this shows — how Ben May called the 165 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 154 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+0.39▼7 · 2-2 strike called ball
Eugenio Suárez vs Ryne Stanek - 2+0.30▲3 · 3-1 strike called ball
JJ Wetherholt vs Chris Paddack - 3+0.21▲7 · 3-0 strike called ball
Iván Herrera vs Connor Phillips
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
3 pitches went to the robots · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.
- 1Tyler Stephenson — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 2Sal Stewart — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
- 3Iván Herrera — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.