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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-31

MIA @ NYM

Home plate: Ryan Wills

“Tonight's zone had a rooting interest.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.4% accurate
1.5
Run Favor
runs, MIA
1
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Ryan Wills called the 185 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 171 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: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Calvin Faucher — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Mark Vientos — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Calvin Faucher — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Liam Hicks — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.39▼6 · 2-2 ball called strike
    A.J. Ewing vs Josh White
  2. 2-0.28▼4 · 1-2 ball called strike· challenged
    Mark Vientos vs Calvin Faucher
  3. 3-0.20▼4 · 2-1 ball called strike
    Jared Young vs Calvin Faucher

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

5 pitches went to the robots · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Luis Torrens — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Calvin Faucher — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Mark Vientos — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Calvin Faucher — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Liam Hicks — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.