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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-24

CWS @ SF

Home plate: Chris Guccione

“A small strike zone, generously enforced for the offense.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.0% accurate
0.0
Run Favor
runs, SF
4
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Chris Guccione called the 158 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 147 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: Jarred Kelenic — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Daniel Susac — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Casey Schmitt — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Matt Chapman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Edgar Quero — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Edgar Quero — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Edgar Quero — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Casey Schmitt — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.30▲3 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Miguel Vargas vs Robbie Ray
  2. 2+0.20▼1 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Willy Adames vs Noah Schultz
  3. 3+0.20▲5 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Sam Antonacci vs Keaton Winn

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

8 pitches went to the robots · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Jarred Kelenic — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Daniel Susac — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Casey Schmitt — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Matt Chapman — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Edgar Quero — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  6. 6Edgar Quero — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Edgar Quero — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  8. 8Casey Schmitt — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.