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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-31

PHI @ LAD

Home plate: Sean Barber

“The robots earned their keep tonight.”

C+
Umpire Grade
90.5% accurate
1.1
Run Favor
runs, LAD
8
ABS Overturns
of 10 reviewed

What this shows — how Sean Barber called the 168 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 152 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: Dalton Rushing — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Dalton Rushing — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: J.T. Realmuto — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: J.T. Realmuto — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: J.T. Realmuto — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Bryce Harper — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Dalton Rushing — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Trea Turner — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8Challenge 9: Rafael Marchán — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9Challenge 10: Rafael Marchán — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).10
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▼1 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Freddie Freeman vs Andrew Painter
  2. 2+0.28▼2 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Max Muncy vs Andrew Painter
  3. 3-0.28▲7 · 1-2 ball called strike
    Justin Crawford vs Edgardo Henriquez

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

10 pitches went to the robots · 8 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Dalton Rushing — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Dalton Rushing — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3J.T. Realmuto — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4J.T. Realmuto — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5J.T. Realmuto — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Bryce Harper — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  7. 7Dalton Rushing — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  8. 8Trea Turner — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  9. 9Rafael Marchán — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  10. 10Rafael Marchán — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 10 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.