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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-07

TB @ MIA

Home plate: Bruce Dreckman

“The zone kept its promises.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.9% accurate
0.8
Run Favor
runs, MIA
1
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Bruce Dreckman called the 141 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: Victor Mesa Jr. — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Hunter Feduccia — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Hunter Feduccia — 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▲9 · 3-2 ball called strike
    Cedric Mullins vs Anthony Bender
  2. 2+0.39▼7 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Esteury Ruiz vs Steven Matz
  3. 3-0.30▼6 · 3-1 ball called strike
    Xavier Edwards vs Garrett Cleavinger

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 · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Victor Mesa Jr. — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Hunter Feduccia — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Hunter Feduccia — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.