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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-10

TEX @ KC

Home plate: Erich Bacchus

“Called a fair game and let the players decide it.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.9% accurate
1.0
Run Favor
runs, TEX
2
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Erich Bacchus called the 197 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 183 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: Evan Carter — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Starling Marte — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Salvador Perez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Kyle Higashioka — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Wyatt Langford — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Isaac Collins — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Elias Díaz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▲5 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Jake Burger vs Mason Black
  2. 2+0.69▲8 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Kyle Higashioka vs Lucas Erceg
  3. 3+0.39▼5 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Maikel Garcia vs MacKenzie Gore

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

7 pitches went to the robots · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 5 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Evan Carter — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Starling Marte — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Salvador Perez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Kyle Higashioka — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Wyatt Langford — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Isaac Collins — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  7. 7Elias Díaz — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.