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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-07

NYM @ COL

Home plate: Sean Barber

“Somebody's pitching staff sent a thank-you note.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.2% accurate
1.5
Run Favor
runs, NYM
0
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how Sean Barber called the 147 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 134 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: Brett Sullivan — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Francisco Alvarez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Brett Sullivan — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Francisco Alvarez — 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+0.69▲7 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Francisco Alvarez vs Juan Mejia
  2. 2+0.30▼6 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Willi Castro vs Huascar Brazobán
  3. 3+0.30▲7 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Vidal Bruján vs Juan Mejia

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 · 0 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Brett Sullivan — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Francisco Alvarez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Brett Sullivan — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Francisco Alvarez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

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