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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-09

CHC @ COL

Home plate: David Rackley

“Borderline went to the battery all night.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.7% accurate
0.8
Run Favor
runs, COL
4
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how David Rackley called the 145 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 133 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: Michael Busch — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Hunter Goodman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Miguel Amaya — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Hunter Goodman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Michael Busch — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Michael Busch — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Ian Happ — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.39▲8 · 2-2 ball called strike· challenged
    Michael Busch vs Antonio Senzatela
  2. 2-0.30▲8 · 3-1 ball called strike· challenged
    Ian Happ vs Antonio Senzatela
  3. 3+0.13▲4 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Miguel Amaya vs Tomoyuki Sugano

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

7 pitches went to the robots · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Michael Busch — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Hunter Goodman — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Miguel Amaya — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Hunter Goodman — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Michael Busch — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Michael Busch — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  7. 7Ian Happ — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.