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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-18

MIA @ MIL

Home plate: Derek Thomas

“This one went to video review more than most.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.7% accurate
0.4
Run Favor
runs, MIA
5
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Derek Thomas called the 178 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: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Jackson Chourio — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Max Meyer — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Javier Sanoja — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Luis Lara — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Joe Mack — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Garrett Mitchell — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.30▼6 · 3-1 ball called strike
    Garrett Mitchell vs Calvin Faucher
  2. 2-0.28▲6 · 1-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Javier Sanoja vs Shane Drohan
  3. 3+0.23▲1 · 0-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Heriberto Hernández vs Shane Drohan

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

8 pitches went to the robots · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Jackson Chourio — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Max Meyer — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Javier Sanoja — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Luis Lara — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Joe Mack — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  8. 8Garrett Mitchell — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 7 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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