Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-17
TOR @ AZ
Home plate: Alan Porter
“Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.”
Umpire Grade
95.6% accurate
Run Favor
runs, TOR
ABS Overturns
of 0 reviewed
What this shows — how Alan Porter called the 113 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 108 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
strike called ballball called strike
The calls that moved the game
- 1-0.69▼4 · 3-2 ball called strike
Jose Fernandez vs Eric Lauer - 2-0.19▲7 · 2-0 ball called strike
Kazuma Okamoto vs Michael Soroka - 3-0.09▼3 · 0-0 ball called strike
Jorge Barrosa vs Eric Lauer
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
No pitches were challenged tonight.