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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-26

MIA @ STL

Home plate: Junior Valentine

“One side pitched to a slightly bigger plate.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.1% accurate
1.4
Run Favor
runs, MIA
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Junior Valentine called the 163 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 155 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: Xavier Edwards — 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: Joe Mack — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Iván Herrera — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Xavier Edwards — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▲8 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Xavier Edwards vs George Soriano
  2. 2-0.39▼1 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Alec Burleson vs Max Meyer
  3. 3+0.28▲1 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Kyle Stowers vs Michael McGreevy

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

5 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Xavier Edwards — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Kyle Stowers — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Joe Mack — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Iván Herrera — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Xavier Edwards — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.