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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-13

TEX @ BOS

Home plate: Bill Miller

“The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.”

A
Umpire Grade
96.8% accurate
0.9
Run Favor
runs, BOS
3
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Bill Miller called the 158 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 153 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: Carlos Narváez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Carlos Narváez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Jake Burger — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Elias Díaz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Marcelo Mayer — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Cody Freeman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.28▲1 · 1-2 ball called strike
    Josh Jung vs Ranger Suarez
  2. 2+0.20▼7 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Caleb Durbin vs Cole Winn
  3. 3-0.19▲1 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Wyatt Langford vs Ranger Suarez

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

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

  1. 1Carlos Narváez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Carlos Narváez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Jake Burger — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Elias Díaz — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Marcelo Mayer — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Cody Freeman — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.