Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-25
“No notes. Well, one: nicely done.”
Umpire Grade
97.5% accurate
Run Favor
runs, TOR
ABS Overturns
of 2 reviewed
What this shows — how Nic Lentz called the 158 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 154 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
- 1-0.21▲9 · 3-0 ball called strike
Xavier Edwards vs Tanner Andrews - 2+0.13▲8 · 1-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
Kyle Stowers vs Tyler Rogers - 3-0.13▲2 · 1-0 ball called strike
Owen Caissie vs Trey Yesavage
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
2 pitches went to the robots · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.
- 1Brandon Valenzuela — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
- 2Brandon Valenzuela — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 2 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.