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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-03-29

CWS @ MIL

Home plate: Carlos Torres

“An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.9% accurate
1.0
Run Favor
runs, CWS
4
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Carlos Torres called the 196 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 186 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: Jeferson Quero — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Edgar Quero — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: William Contreras — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Edgar Quero — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Jeferson Quero — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Edgar Quero — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Sal Frelick — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▲6 · 2-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Tristan Peters vs Jared Koenig
  2. 2+0.30▲2 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Tristan Peters vs Brandon Sproat
  3. 3-0.30▼8 · 3-1 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Sal Frelick vs Seranthony Domínguez

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. 1Jeferson Quero — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Edgar Quero — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3William Contreras — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Edgar Quero — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Jeferson Quero — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Edgar Quero — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  7. 7Sal Frelick — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

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

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