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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-13

CHC @ SF

Home plate: Tyler Jones

“A tilt to the evening — the numbers say which way.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.3% accurate
1.5
Run Favor
runs, SF
1
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how Tyler Jones called the 179 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 167 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: Nico Hoerner — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Eric Haase — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Michael Busch — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Drew Gilbert — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼3 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Bryce Eldridge vs Ben Brown
  2. 2+0.69▼4 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Drew Gilbert vs Ben Brown
  3. 3+0.28▼4 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Drew Gilbert vs Ben Brown

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

4 pitches went to the robots · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Nico Hoerner — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Eric Haase — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Michael Busch — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Drew Gilbert — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.