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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-19

TOR @ CHC

Home plate: Lance Barrett

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

A-
Umpire Grade
94.8% accurate
0.0
Run Favor
runs, CHC
4
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Lance Barrett called the 173 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 164 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: Alejandro Kirk — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Davis Schneider — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Carson Kelly — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Alejandro Kirk — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Alejandro Kirk — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Carson Kelly — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.13▲3 · 1-0 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Davis Schneider vs Ben Brown
  2. 2-0.13▲6 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Jesús Sánchez vs Ben Brown
  3. 3-0.13▼8 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Nico Hoerner vs Myles Straw

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

6 pitches went to the robots · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Alejandro Kirk — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Davis Schneider — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Carson Kelly — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Alejandro Kirk — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Alejandro Kirk — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  6. 6Carson Kelly — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.