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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-15

MIN @ TEX

Home plate: Derek Thomas

“If umpiring had a highlight reel, this wouldn't make it. That's the compliment.”

A+
Umpire Grade
97.2% accurate
0.1
Run Favor
runs, TEX
1
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Derek Thomas called the 108 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 105 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: Josh Bell — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Alex Jackson — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Elias Díaz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Elias Díaz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Jake Burger — 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+0.09▼3 · 0-0 strike called ball· challenged
    Elias Díaz vs Mike Paredes
  2. 2+0.09▲5 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Ryan Kreidler vs MacKenzie Gore
  3. 3+0.09▼8 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Nicky Lopez vs Eric Orze

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. 1Josh Bell — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Alex Jackson — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Elias Díaz — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Elias Díaz — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Jake Burger — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.