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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-08-25

MIL @ NYM

Home plate: Hunter Wendelstedt

“Hawkeye clocked in early and stayed late.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.1% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, NYM
6
ABS Overturns
of 10 reviewed

What this shows — how Hunter Wendelstedt called the 164 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: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: William Contreras — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: William Contreras — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Zac Thornton — 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 strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Jake Bauers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).8Challenge 9: William Contreras — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9Challenge 10: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).10
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.13▼3 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Carson Benge vs Kyle Harrison
  2. 2-0.13▼1 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Carson Benge vs Kyle Harrison
  3. 3+0.13▼6 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Brett Baty vs Chad Patrick

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

10 pitches went to the robots · 6 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Luis Torrens — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2William Contreras — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3William Contreras — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Zac Thornton — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Gary Sánchez — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Jake Bauers — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  7. 7Luis Torrens — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  8. 8Luis Torrens — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  9. 9William Contreras — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  10. 10Luis Torrens — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 10 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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