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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-27

PHI @ SD

Home plate: Louie Krupa

“The strike zone picked a side, and wasn't shy about it.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.9% accurate
1.1
Run Favor
runs, SD
1
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Louie Krupa called the 127 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 118 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: Nick Castellanos — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Cristopher Sánchez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: J.T. Realmuto — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Miguel Andujar — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Bryce Harper — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.28▼5 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Nick Castellanos vs Cristopher Sánchez
  2. 2+0.13▼5 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Freddy Fermin vs Cristopher Sánchez
  3. 3+0.13▼7 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Ty France vs Cristopher Sánchez

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 · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Nick Castellanos — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Cristopher Sánchez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3J.T. Realmuto — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Miguel Andujar — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Bryce Harper — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.