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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-08-09

MIN @ MIL

Home plate: Chad Whitson

“ABS had a long evening on this one.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.2% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, MIL
6
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Chad Whitson called the 171 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 156 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: Josh Bell — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Brice Turang — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Gary Sánchez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Victor Caratini — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Gary Sánchez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Gary Sánchez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Victor Caratini — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Gary Sánchez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼6 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Brice Turang vs Connor Prielipp
  2. 2-0.39▲9 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Ryan Kreidler vs Trevor Megill
  3. 3+0.30▲7 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Ryan Jeffers vs Aaron Ashby

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

  1. 1Josh Bell — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Brice Turang — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Gary Sánchez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Victor Caratini — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Gary Sánchez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Gary Sánchez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  7. 7Victor Caratini — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  8. 8Gary Sánchez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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