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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-22

MIL @ CIN

Home plate: Tyler Jones

“The Automated Ball-Strike System put in some overtime here.”

C+
Umpire Grade
90.6% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, MIL
5
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Tyler Jones called the 159 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 144 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: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Jake Bauers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Blake Dunn — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.28▲3 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Jackson Chourio vs Brady Singer
  2. 2+0.13▲1 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Brice Turang vs Brady Singer
  3. 3-0.13▲7 · 1-1 ball called strike
    William Contreras vs Brady Singer

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. 1Tyler Stephenson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Tyler Stephenson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Tyler Stephenson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Tyler Stephenson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Jake Bauers — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  7. 7Blake Dunn — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

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.