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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-17

KC @ WSH

Home plate: Bill Miller

“The players kept asking for a second opinion — and kept getting one.”

D
Umpire Grade
88.7% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, KC
5
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Bill Miller called the 168 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 149 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: Luis García Jr. — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Nick Loftin — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Keibert Ruiz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Carter Jensen — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Jac Caglianone — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Nasim Nuñez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Lane Thomas — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.30▲8 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Bobby Witt Jr. vs PJ Poulin
  2. 2+0.20▲2 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Isaac Collins vs Zack Littell
  3. 3+0.19▲3 · 2-0 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    John Rave vs Zack Littell

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

7 pitches went to the robots · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Luis García Jr. — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Nick Loftin — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Keibert Ruiz — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Carter Jensen — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Jac Caglianone — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Nasim Nuñez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Lane Thomas — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 7 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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