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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-08-13

MIL @ LAD

Home plate: Gabe Morales

“The zone leaned, and the ledger noticed.”

A
Umpire Grade
96.3% accurate
1.6
Run Favor
runs, MIL
4
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Gabe Morales called the 189 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 182 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: Gary Sánchez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Freddie Freeman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Jake Bauers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Ben Rortvedt — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Gary Sánchez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Max Muncy — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Kyle Tucker — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▲3 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Jackson Chourio vs Roki Sasaki
  2. 2-0.39▼1 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Tommy Edman vs Shane Drohan
  3. 3+0.13▲3 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Gary Sánchez vs Roki Sasaki

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

  1. 1Gary Sánchez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Freddie Freeman — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Jake Bauers — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Ben Rortvedt — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Gary Sánchez — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  7. 7Max Muncy — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  8. 8Kyle Tucker — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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