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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-10

CLE @ MIA

Home plate: Brian Walsh

“The zone showed up, did the job, and went home. Ideal.”

A+
Umpire Grade
97.8% accurate
0.1
Run Favor
runs, MIA
2
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Brian Walsh called the 138 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 135 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: Kahlil Watson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Austin Hedges — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Joe Mack — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Esteury Ruiz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Joe Mack — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.13▼4 · 1-0 strike called ball· challenged
    Heriberto Hernández vs Parker Messick
  2. 2-0.09▼6 · 0-0 ball called strike
    Xavier Edwards vs Parker Messick
  3. 3-0.09▲8 · 0-0 ball called strike
    Brayan Rocchio vs Ryan Gusto

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

  1. 1Kahlil Watson — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Austin Hedges — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Joe Mack — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Esteury Ruiz — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Joe Mack — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.