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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-18

MIL @ MIA

Home plate: Sean Barber

“The zone kept to itself — the hitters said thanks.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.1% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, MIL
2
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Sean Barber called the 168 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 153 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: Liam Hicks — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Liam Hicks — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Xavier Edwards — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Jake Bauers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: William Contreras — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: William Contreras — 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+0.28▲2 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Gary Sánchez vs Sandy Alcantara
  2. 2+0.19▼3 · 2-0 strike called ball
    Javier Sanoja vs Brandon Woodruff
  3. 3-0.19▲6 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Sal Frelick vs Anthony Bender

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 · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Liam Hicks — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Liam Hicks — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Xavier Edwards — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Jake Bauers — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5William Contreras — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.