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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.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.7% accurate
0.7
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 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: 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 ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Keibert Ruiz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Carter Jensen — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Jac Caglianone — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Nasim Nuñez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (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▼6 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Curtis Mead vs Luinder Avila

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 Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

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

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.