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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-15

CHC @ CWS

Home plate: Laz Diaz

“The zone kept its promises.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.9% accurate
0.0
Run Favor
runs, CWS
2
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Laz Diaz called the 197 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 183 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: Miguel Vargas — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Drew Romo — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Drew Romo — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Jordan Hicks — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Carson Kelly — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.30▲9 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Michael Busch vs Tyler Schweitzer
  2. 2+0.21▲8 · 3-0 strike called ball
    Michael Busch vs Jordan Hicks
  3. 3-0.19▲2 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Moisés Ballesteros vs Sean Burke

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

5 pitches went to the robots · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Miguel Vargas — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Drew Romo — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Drew Romo — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Jordan Hicks — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Carson Kelly — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.