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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-19

LAD @ COL

Home plate: James Jean

“The zone kept its promises.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.6% accurate
1.0
Run Favor
runs, COL
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how James Jean called the 179 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 164 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: Michael Lorenzen — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Michael Lorenzen — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Hunter Goodman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Will Smith — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Ezequiel Tovar — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.30▲8 · 3-1 ball called strike
    Alex Freeland vs Jimmy Herget
  2. 2+0.19▲4 · 2-0 strike called ball
    Alex Call vs Michael Lorenzen
  3. 3+0.19▼5 · 2-0 strike called ball
    Kyle Karros vs Roki Sasaki

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. 1Michael Lorenzen — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Michael Lorenzen — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Hunter Goodman — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Will Smith — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Ezequiel Tovar — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.