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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-01

MIA @ WSH

Home plate: Jim Wolf

“A few too many trips to the challenge cart.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.9% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, MIA
5
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Jim Wolf called the 145 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 139 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: Keibert Ruiz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Owen Caissie — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Curtis Mead — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Keibert Ruiz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Joe Mack — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Kyle Stowers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Esteury Ruiz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Daylen Lile — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.23▲8 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Jakob Marsee vs Paxton Schultz
  2. 2-0.10▼9 · 0-1 ball called strike
    Jacob Young vs Pete Fairbanks
  3. 3-0.09▲4 · 0-0 ball called strike
    Jakob Marsee vs Cade Cavalli

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 · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Keibert Ruiz — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Owen Caissie — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Curtis Mead — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Keibert Ruiz — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Joe Mack — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Kyle Stowers — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  7. 7Esteury Ruiz — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  8. 8Daylen Lile — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.