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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-20

SF @ KC

Home plate: Mike Estabrook

“Hawkeye did more talking than the umpire tonight.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.9% accurate
1.0
Run Favor
runs, SF
5
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Mike Estabrook called the 148 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 136 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: Bryce Eldridge — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Lane Thomas — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Isaac Collins — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Salvador Perez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Willy Adames — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Nick Loftin — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Bryce Eldridge — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Heliot Ramos — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.30▲1 · 3-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Bryce Eldridge vs Michael Wacha
  2. 2+0.23▼6 · 0-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Salvador Perez vs JT Brubaker
  3. 3-0.20▼7 · 2-1 ball called strike
    Isaac Collins vs JT Brubaker

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. 1Bryce Eldridge — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Lane Thomas — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Isaac Collins — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Salvador Perez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Willy Adames — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Nick Loftin — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  7. 7Bryce Eldridge — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  8. 8Heliot Ramos — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 5 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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