Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-01
TB @ KC
Home plate: Junior Valentine
“Called a fair game and let the players decide it.”
Umpire Grade
93.4% accurate
Run Favor
runs, TB
ABS Overturns
of 0 reviewed
What this shows — how Junior Valentine called the 121 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 113 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
strike called ballball called strike
The calls that moved the game
- 1-0.28▼2 · 1-2 ball called strike
Carter Jensen vs Shane McClanahan - 2+0.28▲9 · 1-2 strike called ball
Yandy Díaz vs Jose Cuas - 3-0.13▲3 · 1-0 ball called strike
Jonathan Aranda vs Seth Lugo
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
No pitches were challenged tonight.