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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-22

TEX @ MIA

Home plate: Cory Blaser

“You could set a watch by that zone.”

A+
Umpire Grade
98.7% accurate
0.0
Run Favor
even
1
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Cory Blaser called the 152 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 150 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: Alejandro Osuna — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Kyle Stowers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Josh Jung — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.09▼4 · 0-0 ball called strike
    Otto Lopez vs Kumar Rocker
  2. 2+0.09▼6 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Otto Lopez vs Kumar Rocker

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 · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Alejandro Osuna — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Kyle Stowers — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Josh Jung — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.