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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-08

KC @ NYM

Home plate: Tyler Jones

“Somebody's pitching staff sent a thank-you note.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.7% accurate
2.0
Run Favor
runs, KC
1
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Tyler Jones called the 175 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 164 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: Jorge Polanco — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Juan Soto — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Francisco Alvarez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▲2 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Nick Loftin vs Christian Scott
  2. 2-0.39▼7 · 2-2 ball called strike
    A.J. Ewing vs Matt Strahm
  3. 3-0.19▼8 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Francisco Alvarez vs Jose Cuas

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

3 pitches went to the robots · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Jorge Polanco — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Juan Soto — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Francisco Alvarez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.