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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-09

MIL @ ATH

Home plate: Adam Hamari

“The zone kept to itself — the hitters said thanks.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.8% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, ATH
4
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Adam Hamari called the 135 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 124 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: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: William Contreras — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: William Contreras — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Jonah Heim — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Christian Yelich — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.28▲3 · 1-2 ball called strike
    William Contreras vs J.T. Ginn
  2. 2-0.13▼2 · 1-1 ball called strike
    Colby Thomas vs Robert Gasser
  3. 3-0.13▼3 · 1-1 ball called strike
    Tyler Soderstrom vs Robert Gasser

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

5 pitches went to the robots · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2William Contreras — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3William Contreras — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Jonah Heim — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Christian Yelich — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.