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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-27

CHC @ MIL

Home plate: Hunter Wendelstedt

“Expanded the plate a touch past its 17 inches.”

D
Umpire Grade
87.6% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, CHC
1
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Hunter Wendelstedt called the 153 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 134 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: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Seiya Suzuki — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▲6 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Carson Kelly vs Grant Anderson
  2. 2+0.30▲4 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Michael Busch vs Kyle Harrison
  3. 3+0.28▼3 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Brice Turang vs David Peterson

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. 1William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Seiya Suzuki — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

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