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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-01

PIT @ PHI

Home plate: Cory Blaser

“The corners were friendlier in one direction tonight.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.7% accurate
1.8
Run Favor
runs, PHI
3
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Cory Blaser called the 181 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 166 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: Henry Davis — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Alec Bohm — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Justin Crawford — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Henry Davis — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Gabriel Rincones Jr. — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Trea Turner — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼1 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Bryce Harper vs Paul Skenes
  2. 2+0.39▼2 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Gabriel Rincones Jr. vs Paul Skenes
  3. 3+0.39▼6 · 2-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Brandon Marsh vs Yohan Ramírez

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

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

  1. 1Henry Davis — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Alec Bohm — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Justin Crawford — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Henry Davis — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Gabriel Rincones Jr. — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Trea Turner — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.