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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-20

NYM @ PHI

Home plate: Chad Whitson

“Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.9% accurate
0.5
Run Favor
runs, NYM
3
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Chad Whitson called the 138 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 131 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: Eric Wagaman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Gabriel Rincones Jr. — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Luis Torrens — 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+0.28▲2 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Eric Wagaman vs Cristopher Sánchez
  2. 2-0.09▲3 · 0-0 ball called strike
    Zack Short vs Cristopher Sánchez
  3. 3+0.09▼3 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Brandon Marsh vs Freddy Peralta

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 · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 0 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Eric Wagaman — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Gabriel Rincones Jr. — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Luis Torrens — 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.