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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-10

ATH @ BAL

Home plate: Carlos Torres

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

B+
Umpire Grade
93.1% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, BAL
4
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Carlos Torres called the 160 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 149 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: Samuel Basallo — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Carlos Cortes — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Chris Bassitt — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Lawrence Butler — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.30▼1 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Taylor Ward vs Luis Severino
  2. 2-0.21▲9 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Carlos Cortes vs Rico Garcia
  3. 3-0.13▲7 · 1-1 ball called strike
    Darell Hernaiz 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

6 pitches went to the robots · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Samuel Basallo — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Shea Langeliers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Carlos Cortes — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Chris Bassitt — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Shea Langeliers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Lawrence Butler — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.