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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-22

BAL @ KC

Home plate: Adrian Johnson

“Textbook top to bottom — a quiet masterclass.”

A
Umpire Grade
96.5% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, BAL
1
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how Adrian Johnson called the 144 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 139 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: Vinnie Pasquantino — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Carter Jensen — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Gunnar Henderson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Samuel Basallo — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.28▼5 · 1-2 ball called strike
    Maikel Garcia vs Chris Bassitt
  2. 2+0.28▲8 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Colton Cowser vs Alex Lange
  3. 3+0.09▼1 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Vinnie Pasquantino vs Chris Bassitt

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

4 pitches went to the robots · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Vinnie Pasquantino — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Carter Jensen — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Gunnar Henderson — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Samuel Basallo — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.