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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-05

CIN @ STL

Home plate: Chris Conroy

“Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.2% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, STL
2
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how Chris Conroy called the 208 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 196 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 ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Iván Herrera — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Sal Stewart — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.30▼5 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Iván Herrera vs Brady Singer
  2. 2+0.30▼6 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Jimmy Crooks vs Luis Mey
  3. 3+0.21▲8 · 3-0 strike called ball
    Sal Stewart vs Hunter Dobbins

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

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

  1. 1Tyler Stephenson — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Tyler Stephenson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Iván Herrera — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Sal Stewart — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.