Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-23
“The black wasn't in play tonight.”
Umpire Grade
92.1% accurate
Run Favor
runs, SD
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed
What this shows — how Laz Diaz called the 164 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 151 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+0.69▲2 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
Zack Gelof vs Lucas Giolito - 2+0.69▼8 · 3-2 strike called ball
Ty France vs Scott Barlow - 3-0.30▲4 · 3-1 ball called strike· challenged ✓
Tyler Soderstrom vs Lucas Giolito
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 the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.
- 1Freddy Fermin — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 2Shea Langeliers — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
- 3Tyler Soderstrom — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
- 4Jeff McNeil — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.