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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-09-18

MIA @ SD

Home plate: Marvin Hudson

“A busy night for the machines in the truck.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.7% accurate
0.8
Run Favor
runs, SD
5
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Marvin Hudson called the 150 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 139 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: Ethan Salas — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Ethan Salas — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Joe Mack — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Heriberto Hernández — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Joe Mack — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Fernando Tatis Jr. — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Ethan Salas — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Brian Navarreto — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▼7 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Ty France vs Josh Ekness
  2. 2+0.23▼4 · 0-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Jackson Merrill vs Cade Gibson
  3. 3+0.13▼6 · 1-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Jake Cronenworth 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

8 pitches went to the robots · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Ethan Salas — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Ethan Salas — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Joe Mack — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Heriberto Hernández — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Joe Mack — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Fernando Tatis Jr. — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  7. 7Ethan Salas — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  8. 8Brian Navarreto — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 6 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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