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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-08-07

MIN @ MIL

Home plate: Brian Walsh

“Called a fair game and let the players decide it.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.3% accurate
0.4
Run Favor
runs, MIL
3
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Brian Walsh called the 177 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 167 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: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: William Contreras — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Luke Keaschall — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Luis Lara — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: David Hamilton — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼7 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Garrett Mitchell vs Jeff Hoffman
  2. 2+0.30▲1 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Austin Martin vs Shane Drohan
  3. 3+0.30▼2 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Luis Lara vs Zebby Matthews

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 · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Ryan Jeffers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Ryan Jeffers — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3William Contreras — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Luke Keaschall — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Luis Lara — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Ryan Jeffers — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  7. 7David Hamilton — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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