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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-08

MIL @ ATH

Home plate: Clint Vondrak

“The robots earned their keep tonight.”

C
Umpire Grade
89.9% accurate
2.2
Run Favor
runs, ATH
11
ABS Overturns
of 16 reviewed

What this shows — how Clint Vondrak called the 247 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 222 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: Jeffrey Springs — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Max Muncy — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8Challenge 9: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9Challenge 10: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).10Challenge 11: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).11Challenge 12: Brent Rooker — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).12Challenge 13: Jonah Heim — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).13Challenge 14: Luis Rengifo — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).14Challenge 15: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).15Challenge 16: Jeff McNeil — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).16
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼1 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Colby Thomas vs Kyle Harrison
  2. 2+0.69▼3 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Henry Bolte vs Kyle Harrison
  3. 3+0.39▲9 · 2-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    David Hamilton vs Hogan Harris

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

16 pitches went to the robots · 11 overturned (ump overruled) · 5 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Jeffrey Springs — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Shea Langeliers — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Max Muncy — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  7. 7William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  8. 8Shea Langeliers — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  9. 9Shea Langeliers — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  10. 10William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  11. 11William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  12. 12Brent Rooker — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  13. 13Jonah Heim — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  14. 14Luis Rengifo — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  15. 15Shea Langeliers — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  16. 16Jeff McNeil — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 13 of 16 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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