Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-12
MIA @ MIN
Home plate: Scott Barry
“One dugout got the friendlier version of the evening.”
Umpire Grade
94.0% accurate
Run Favor
runs, MIN
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed
What this shows — how Scott Barry called the 117 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 110 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 strikeABS overturnedABS upheld
The calls that moved the game
- 1+0.39▼7 · 2-2 strike called ball· challenged
Ryan Jeffers vs Josh Ekness - 2+0.30▼5 · 3-1 strike called ball
Byron Buxton vs Eury Pérez - 3+0.28▼6 · 1-2 strike called ball
Austin Martin vs Eury Pérez
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 · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.
- 1Joe Mack — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
- 2Luke Keaschall — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
- 3Joe Mack — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
- 4Joe Mack — 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.