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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-30

SF @ AZ

Home plate: Ryan Blakney

“The zone kept to itself — the hitters said thanks.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.1% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, AZ
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Ryan Blakney called the 157 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 143 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: Lourdes Gurriel Jr. — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Gabriel Moreno — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Pavin Smith — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Gabriel Moreno — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Drew Cavanaugh — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.28▼1 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Geraldo Perdomo vs Landen Roupp
  2. 2-0.19▲3 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Drew Gilbert vs Brandon Pfaadt
  3. 3-0.13▼1 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Ketel Marte vs Landen Roupp

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. 1Lourdes Gurriel Jr. — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Gabriel Moreno — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Pavin Smith — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Gabriel Moreno — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Drew Cavanaugh — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.