Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-20
ATL @ WSH
Home plate: Erich Bacchus
“If it was close, it was a strike. The hitters noticed.”
Umpire Grade
93.2% accurate
Run Favor
runs, ATL
ABS Overturns
of 0 reviewed
What this shows — how Erich Bacchus called the 133 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 124 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+0.28▲1 · 1-2 strike called ball
Matt Olson vs Jake Irvin - 2-0.13▼1 · 1-0 ball called strike
Daylen Lile vs Bryce Elder - 3+0.13▲9 · 1-0 strike called ball
Matt Olson vs Julian Fernández
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.