Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-08-23
ATL @ MIL
Home plate: Adam Hamari
“Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.”
Umpire Grade
92.1% accurate
Run Favor
runs, MIL
ABS Overturns
of 0 reviewed
What this shows — how Adam Hamari called the 165 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 152 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
strike called ballball called strike
The calls that moved the game
- 1+0.23▲9 · 0-2 strike called ball
Matt Olson vs Aaron Ashby - 2+0.20▼1 · 2-1 strike called ball
William Contreras vs Tyler Mahle - 3+0.20▲6 · 2-1 strike called ball
Mauricio Dubón vs Grant Anderson
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
No pitches were challenged in this game.