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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-06

NYM @ ATL

Home plate: Lance Barrett

“The players kept asking for a second opinion — and kept getting one.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.6% accurate
1.0
Run Favor
runs, NYM
7
ABS Overturns
of 11 reviewed

What this shows — how Lance Barrett called the 182 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 174 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: Bo Bichette — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Bo Bichette — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Juan Soto — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Dominic Smith — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Drake Baldwin — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Francisco Alvarez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Michael Harris II — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: A.J. Ewing — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8Challenge 9: Michael Harris II — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9Challenge 10: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).10Challenge 11: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).11
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▲3 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Juan Soto vs Reynaldo López
  2. 2+0.39▲1 · 2-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Bo Bichette vs Reynaldo López
  3. 3+0.28▲9 · 1-2 strike called ball
    A.J. Ewing vs Raisel Iglesias

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

11 pitches went to the robots · 7 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Bo Bichette — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Bo Bichette — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Juan Soto — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Dominic Smith — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Drake Baldwin — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  6. 6Francisco Alvarez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Michael Harris II — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  8. 8A.J. Ewing — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  9. 9Michael Harris II — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  10. 10Luis Torrens — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  11. 11Luis Torrens — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 6 of 11 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.