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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-01

SF @ TB

Home plate: John Bacon

“An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.6% accurate
0.7
Run Favor
runs, SF
3
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how John Bacon called the 112 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 106 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: Junior Caminero — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Chandler Simpson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Willy Adames — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Willy Adames — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.20▼6 · 2-1 ball called strike
    Junior Caminero vs Robbie Ray
  2. 2+0.13▲7 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Rafael Devers vs Ian Seymour
  3. 3-0.13▼6 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Ryan Vilade vs Robbie Ray

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 · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Junior Caminero — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Chandler Simpson — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Willy Adames — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Willy Adames — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Nick Fortes — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  6. 6Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.