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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-22

CIN @ SEA

Home plate: Bill Miller

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

A-
Umpire Grade
94.8% accurate
0.7
Run Favor
runs, CIN
5
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Bill Miller called the 136 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 129 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: Cal Raleigh — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Dominic Canzone — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Weston Wilson — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Elly De La Cruz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Sal Stewart — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Cal Raleigh — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.23▼1 · 0-2 ball called strike
    Cole Young vs Brady Singer
  2. 2+0.23▲8 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Tyler Stephenson vs Cole Wilcox
  3. 3+0.10▲7 · 0-1 strike called ball
    Elly De La Cruz vs Eduard Bazardo

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

7 pitches went to the robots · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Cal Raleigh — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Dominic Canzone — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Weston Wilson — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Elly De La Cruz — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Sal Stewart — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Tyler Stephenson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Cal Raleigh — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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