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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-05

TB @ MIA

Home plate: Jacob Metz

“Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.2% accurate
0.8
Run Favor
runs, MIA
2
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Jacob Metz called the 139 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 131 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: Joe Mack — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Xavier Edwards — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.69▲3 · 3-2 ball called strike
    Richie Palacios vs Tyler Phillips
  2. 2+0.13▼8 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Jakob Marsee vs Cam Booser
  3. 3-0.09▲1 · 0-0 ball called strike
    Jonathan Aranda vs Ryan Gusto

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

3 pitches went to the robots · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Joe Mack — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Xavier Edwards — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Nick Fortes — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.