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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-09

CIN @ SD

Home plate: Malachi Moore

“ABS had a long evening on this one.”

C+
Umpire Grade
90.4% accurate
1.6
Run Favor
runs, SD
5
ABS Overturns
of 9 reviewed

What this shows — how Malachi Moore called the 218 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 197 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: Sal Stewart — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Blake Dunn — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Freddy Fermin — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Sal Stewart — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Spencer Steer — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Eugenio Suárez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Freddy Fermin — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Blake Dunn — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8Challenge 9: JJ Bleday — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).9
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▼4 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Freddy Fermin vs Chase Burns
  2. 2+0.39▲6 · 2-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Matt McLain vs David Morgan
  3. 3-0.30▲4 · 3-1 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Blake Dunn vs Lucas Giolito

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 the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Sal Stewart — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Blake Dunn — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Freddy Fermin — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Sal Stewart — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Spencer Steer — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Eugenio Suárez — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  7. 7Freddy Fermin — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  8. 8Blake Dunn — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  9. 9JJ Bleday — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

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

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