Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-09-06
“The corners were friendlier in one direction tonight.”
Umpire Grade
94.3% accurate
Run Favor
runs, MIA
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed
What this shows — how Ben May called the 176 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 166 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 strikeABS overturnedABS upheld
The calls that moved the game
- 1+0.69▼8 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
Owen Caissie vs Daniel Palencia - 2-0.30▲4 · 3-1 ball called strike· challenged ✓
Alex Bregman vs Tyler Phillips - 3+0.23▲9 · 0-2 strike called ball
Carson Kelly vs Jack Ralston
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
6 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.
- 1Carson Kelly — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 2Alex Bregman — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
- 3Owen Caissie — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
- 4Carson Kelly — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 5Brian Navarreto — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
- 6Pedro Ramírez — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 5 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.