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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-07

SEA @ MIA

Home plate: Chris Segal

“Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.4% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, SEA
4
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Chris Segal called the 173 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 165 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: Cole Young — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Randy Arozarena — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Cal Raleigh — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Colt Emerson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Esteury Ruiz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Esteury Ruiz — 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+0.28▲9 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Colt Emerson vs Pete Fairbanks
  2. 2+0.13▲6 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Colt Emerson vs Max Meyer
  3. 3+0.10▲8 · 0-1 strike called ball
    J.P. Crawford vs John King

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 · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Cole Young — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Randy Arozarena — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Cal Raleigh — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Colt Emerson — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Esteury Ruiz — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Esteury Ruiz — 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.