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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-03

DET @ TB

Home plate: Derek Thomas

“Squeezed the edges; the hitters didn't mind at all.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.1% accurate
0.1
Run Favor
runs, DET
2
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how Derek Thomas called the 118 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 111 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 Fortes — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Jake Rogers — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Jake Rogers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.13▼2 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Cedric Mullins vs Troy Melton
  2. 2+0.13▲7 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Kerry Carpenter vs Mason Englert
  3. 3+0.13▼1 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Jonathan Aranda vs Troy Melton

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 Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Nick Fortes — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Jake Rogers — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Jake Rogers — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Nick Fortes — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.