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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-08-03

STL @ NYY

Home plate: Andy Fletcher

“Hawkeye clocked in early and stayed late.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.9% accurate
0.1
Run Favor
runs, NYY
6
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Andy Fletcher called the 197 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 185 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: Iván Herrera — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Austin Wells — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: José Caballero — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Austin Wells — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Austin Wells — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Austin Wells — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▲1 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Bryan Torres vs Cam Schlittler
  2. 2+0.30▼3 · 3-1 strike called ball
    José Caballero vs Michael McGreevy
  3. 3-0.28▲5 · 1-2 ball called strike
    Masyn Winn vs Kervin Castro

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

6 pitches went to the robots · 6 overturned (ump overruled) · 0 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Iván Herrera — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Austin Wells — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3José Caballero — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Austin Wells — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Austin Wells — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Austin Wells — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 0 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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