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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-26

HOU @ DET

Home plate: Lance Barksdale

“The zone kept to itself — the hitters said thanks.”

C
Umpire Grade
89.6% accurate
0.7
Run Favor
runs, DET
4
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Lance Barksdale called the 154 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 138 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: Joey Loperfido — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Dillon Dingler — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Yainer Diaz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Taylor Trammell — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Dillon Dingler — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.39▲1 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Yordan Alvarez vs Keider Montero
  2. 2-0.21▼8 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Colt Keith vs Jake Meyers
  3. 3+0.20▼4 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Zach McKinstry vs Spencer Arrighetti

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 · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Joey Loperfido — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Dillon Dingler — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Yainer Diaz — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Taylor Trammell — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Dillon Dingler — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 0 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.