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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-04

PIT @ WSH

Home plate: Bruce Dreckman

“Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.5% accurate
0.1
Run Favor
runs, PIT
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Bruce Dreckman called the 146 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 138 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: Esmerlyn Valdez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Tyler Callihan — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Henry Davis — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Drew Millas — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Henry Davis — 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+0.20▲1 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Brandon Lowe vs Carson Palmquist
  2. 2+0.13▲1 · 1-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Esmerlyn Valdez vs Carson Palmquist
  3. 3+0.13▼5 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Luis García Jr. vs Braxton Ashcraft

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. 1Esmerlyn Valdez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Tyler Callihan — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Henry Davis — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Drew Millas — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Henry Davis — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: 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.