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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-07

MIL @ COL

Home plate: Junior Valentine

“Hawkeye clocked in early and stayed late.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.2% accurate
0.9
Run Favor
runs, MIL
5
ABS Overturns
of 9 reviewed

What this shows — how Junior Valentine called the 138 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 130 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: Gary Sánchez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Hunter Goodman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Hunter Goodman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Edouard Julien — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Gary Sánchez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Hunter Goodman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Hunter Goodman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Gary Sánchez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).8Challenge 9: Hunter Goodman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).9
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.39▼7 · 2-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Edouard Julien vs Chad Patrick
  2. 2+0.28▲6 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Joey Ortiz vs Jaden Hill
  3. 3+0.13▲1 · 1-0 strike called ball
    William Contreras vs Kyle Freeland

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 · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Gary Sánchez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Hunter Goodman — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Hunter Goodman — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Edouard Julien — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Gary Sánchez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Hunter Goodman — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Hunter Goodman — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  8. 8Gary Sánchez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  9. 9Hunter Goodman — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 9 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.