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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-26

CIN @ NYM

Home plate: Emil Jimenez

“The challenge cart got its steps in.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.3% accurate
0.0
Run Favor
runs, NYM
7
ABS Overturns
of 9 reviewed

What this shows — how Emil Jimenez called the 159 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 150 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: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: A.J. Ewing — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: MJ Melendez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Eugenio Suárez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8Challenge 9: Mark Vientos — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.28▲2 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Tyler Stephenson vs David Peterson
  2. 2-0.23▲8 · 0-2 ball called strike
    Tyler Stephenson vs Sean Manaea
  3. 3+0.09▲1 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Sal Stewart vs David Peterson

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

9 pitches went to the robots · 7 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Tyler Stephenson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2A.J. Ewing — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Tyler Stephenson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Tyler Stephenson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5MJ Melendez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Luis Torrens — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Luis Torrens — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  8. 8Eugenio Suárez — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  9. 9Mark Vientos — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 9 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.