Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-11
“Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.”
Umpire Grade
95.0% accurate
Run Favor
runs, NYY
ABS Overturns
of 0 reviewed
What this shows — how Nic Lentz called the 140 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 133 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
strike called ballball called strike
The calls that moved the game
- 1+0.39▲4 · 2-2 strike called ball
Max Schuemann vs Brandon Young - 2+0.20▲3 · 2-1 strike called ball
Trent Grisham vs Brandon Young - 3+0.20▼8 · 2-1 strike called ball
Taylor Ward vs Camilo Doval
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
No pitches were challenged tonight.