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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-14

BOS @ MIN

Home plate: Lance Barrett

“Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.8% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, MIN
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Lance Barrett called the 152 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 141 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: Carlos Narváez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Kody Clemens — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Andruw Monasterio — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Caleb Durbin — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Carlos Narváez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▼8 · 2-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Byron Buxton vs Aroldis Chapman
  2. 2+0.23▲1 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Caleb Durbin vs Mick Abel
  3. 3-0.19▲1 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Roman Anthony vs Mick Abel

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

5 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Carlos Narváez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Kody Clemens — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Andruw Monasterio — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Caleb Durbin — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Carlos Narváez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.