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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-04

HOU @ ATH

Home plate: Vic Carapazza

“A steady night's work behind the plate.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.9% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, HOU
3
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Vic Carapazza called the 194 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: Christian Vázquez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Christian Vázquez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Austin Wynns — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Shay Whitcomb — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Austin Wynns — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.20▲3 · 2-1 ball called strike
    Jeremy Peña vs Luis Morales
  2. 2-0.19▲6 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Christian Walker vs Hogan Harris
  3. 3+0.19▲8 · 2-0 strike called ball
    Brice Matthews vs Luis Medina

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 Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Christian Vázquez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Christian Vázquez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Shea Langeliers — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Austin Wynns — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Shay Whitcomb — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Austin Wynns — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.