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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-21

BAL @ LAD

Home plate: Derek Thomas

“One dugout got the friendlier version of the evening.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.3% accurate
1.2
Run Favor
runs, LAD
0
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Derek Thomas called the 179 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 167 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: Mookie Betts — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Colton Cowser — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Leody Taveras — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▼9 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Kyle Tucker vs Keegan Akin
  2. 2+0.30▼1 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Shohei Ohtani vs Brandon Young
  3. 3+0.28▼2 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Andy Pages vs Brandon Young

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

3 pitches went to the robots · 0 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Mookie Betts — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Colton Cowser — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Leody Taveras — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

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