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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-17

COL @ CHC

Home plate: John Libka

“Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.1% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, CHC
2
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how John Libka called the 162 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 154 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: Hunter Goodman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Carson Kelly — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Hunter Goodman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.20▼1 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Seiya Suzuki vs Sean Sullivan
  2. 2+0.13▼2 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Carson Kelly vs Sean Sullivan
  3. 3-0.13▼6 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Dansby Swanson vs Zach Agnos

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

3 pitches went to the robots · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Hunter Goodman — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Carson Kelly — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Hunter Goodman — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.