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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-07

SF @ CHC

Home plate: Cory Blaser

“A steady night's work behind the plate.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.8% accurate
0.5
Run Favor
runs, CHC
4
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Cory Blaser called the 165 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 158 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: Carson Kelly — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Casey Schmitt — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Michael Busch — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Seiya Suzuki — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Michael Conforto — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Daniel Susac — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.28▲2 · 1-2 ball called strike
    Rafael Devers vs Javier Assad
  2. 2+0.13▼10 · 1-0 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Michael Conforto vs Dylan Smith
  3. 3+0.10▲1 · 0-1 strike called ball
    Luis Arraez vs Jameson Taillon

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

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

  1. 1Carson Kelly — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Casey Schmitt — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Michael Busch — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Seiya Suzuki — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Michael Conforto — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Daniel Susac — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.