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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-03

TOR @ MIN

Home plate: Scott Barry

“Called a fair game and let the players decide it.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.1% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, MIN
2
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Scott Barry called the 144 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 137 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: Jesús Sánchez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Victor Caratini — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Victor Caratini — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Tyler Heineman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — 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+0.21▼5 · 3-0 strike called ball
    Victor Caratini vs Braydon Fisher
  2. 2-0.19▲5 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Yohendrick Piñango vs Taylor Rogers
  3. 3+0.13▼1 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Austin Martin vs Trey Yesavage

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

  1. 1Jesús Sánchez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Victor Caratini — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Victor Caratini — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Tyler Heineman — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — 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.