“One of those nights the challenge system was invented for.”
What this shows — how Jen Pawol called the 116 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 106 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
The calls that moved the game
- 1+0.28▼5 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
Evan Carter vs Ryan Johnson - 2-0.13▲3 · 1-1 ball called strike· challenged ✓
Zach Neto vs Cody Bradford - 3-0.13▼7 · 1-1 ball called strike
Brandon Nimmo vs Ryan Johnson
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
4 pitches went to the robots · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 0 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.
- 1Zach Neto — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
- 2Moisés Ballesteros — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 3Adam Frazier — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
- 4Moisés Ballesteros — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.