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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-08

CIN @ SD

Home plate: Lance Barrett

“Hawkeye did more talking than the umpire tonight.”

C
Umpire Grade
89.4% accurate
0.9
Run Favor
runs, CIN
7
ABS Overturns
of 10 reviewed

What this shows — how Lance Barrett called the 151 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 135 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: Freddy Fermin — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Samad Taylor — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Samad Taylor — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Matt McLain — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Matt McLain — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Matt McLain — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8Challenge 9: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9Challenge 10: Blake Dunn — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).10
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼2 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Jase Bowen vs Andrew Abbott
  2. 2+0.30▲8 · 3-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Matt McLain vs Jason Adam
  3. 3+0.28▲4 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Tyler Stephenson vs Walker Buehler

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 · 7 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Freddy Fermin — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Freddy Fermin — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Samad Taylor — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Samad Taylor — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Tyler Stephenson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Matt McLain — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  7. 7Matt McLain — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  8. 8Matt McLain — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  9. 9Tyler Stephenson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  10. 10Blake Dunn — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 10 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.