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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-04

SD @ PHI

Home plate: Vic Carapazza

“Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.3% accurate
0.5
Run Favor
runs, PHI
1
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Vic Carapazza called the 159 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 150 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: Freddy Fermin — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Alec Bohm — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Miguel Andujar — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Trea Turner — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Freddy Fermin — 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+0.30▼5 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Kyle Schwarber vs Yuki Matsui
  2. 2+0.13▼7 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Justin Crawford vs Adrian Morejon
  3. 3+0.13▲8 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Gavin Sheets vs Orion Kerkering

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. 1Freddy Fermin — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Alec Bohm — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Miguel Andujar — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Trea Turner — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Freddy Fermin — 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.