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RECORD: 0 HIT · 0 MISS · 12 OPEN · FIRST CALL RESOLVES AUG 12
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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-10

LAA @ TOR

Home plate: Lance Barrett

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A-
Umpire Grade
94.2% accurate
0.4
Run Favor
runs, TOR
2
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how Lance Barrett called the 121 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 114 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: Nolan Schanuel — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Vaughn Grissom — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Jesús Sánchez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Sebastián Rivero — 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+0.30▼1 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Jesús Sánchez vs José Soriano
  2. 2-0.23▲6 · 0-2 ball called strike
    Jorge Soler vs Eric Lauer
  3. 3+0.13▲1 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Zach Neto vs Spencer Miles

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

  1. 1Nolan Schanuel — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Vaughn Grissom — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Jesús Sánchez — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Sebastián Rivero — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.