To be fair, that sequence from Abreu was about as perfect as it could be. Two painted low strikes and a disgusting slider that followed the exact Sam tunnel as the first two for a swing and miss.
That’s how they write up perfection in the relievers handbook
That’s the kind of thing Espy should be doing…looking the other way. Forget his pull happy wannabe power suit, just slap it the other way until you get a meatball to turn on
Actually looked him up on the ump scorecard site, he is the #1 ump for accuracy since 2020 at 95.1%
Also the only ump to have a 100% perfect accuracy game in that time frame.
It's so weird too , his statcast page is about as unreal as it gets for someone you;d think should be getting much better results.
Whiff rate is top of the charts, and avoids barrels well so even even when his pitches get hit, the EV sucks.