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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-08

BOS @ TB

Home plate: Alan Porter

“This one went to video review more than most.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.4% accurate
0.5
Run Favor
runs, BOS
6
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Alan Porter called the 142 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 134 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: Ceddanne Rafaela — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Carlos Narváez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Junior Caminero — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Carlos Narváez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▼8 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Cedric Mullins vs Danny Coulombe
  2. 2-0.20▼5 · 2-1 ball called strike· challenged
    Junior Caminero vs Connelly Early
  3. 3-0.19▼3 · 2-0 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Ben Williamson vs Connelly Early

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

8 pitches went to the robots · 6 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. 2Ceddanne Rafaela — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Carlos Narváez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Nick Fortes — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Junior Caminero — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Nick Fortes — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Nick Fortes — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  8. 8Carlos Narváez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.