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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-08

SEA @ MIA

Home plate: Laz Diaz

“Called a fair game and let the players decide it.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.7% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, MIA
3
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Laz Diaz called the 114 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 108 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: Randy Arozarena — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Javier Sanoja — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Joe Mack — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.39▲9 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Cole Young vs Pete Fairbanks
  2. 2+0.23▲1 · 0-2 strike called ball
    J.P. Crawford vs Tyler Phillips
  3. 3+0.09▼1 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Liam Hicks vs George Kirby

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 · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 0 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Randy Arozarena — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Javier Sanoja — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Joe Mack — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 0 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.