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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-19

MIN @ CHC

Home plate: James Jean

“Corner-to-corner and then some.”

B
Umpire Grade
93.0% accurate
0.0
Run Favor
runs, MIN
4
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how James Jean called the 157 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 146 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: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Ryan Jeffers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Alex Jackson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Alex Jackson — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Carson Kelly — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.30▲4 · 3-1 ball called strike
    Ryan Jeffers vs Shota Imanaga
  2. 2-0.30▼7 · 3-1 ball called strike
    Carson Kelly vs Kody Funderburk
  3. 3-0.13▲4 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Ryan Jeffers vs Shota Imanaga

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

7 pitches went to the robots · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Ryan Jeffers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Ryan Jeffers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Ryan Jeffers — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Ryan Jeffers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Alex Jackson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Alex Jackson — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  7. 7Carson Kelly — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.