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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.”

B+
Umpire Grade
94.0% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, ATL
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 171 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 strike, the robot ruled ball (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 strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Dominic Smith — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (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 ball, the robot ruled strike (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 strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9Challenge 10: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).10Challenge 11: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).11
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.28▲9 · 1-2 strike called ball
    A.J. Ewing vs Raisel Iglesias
  2. 2-0.23▼10 · 0-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Michael Harris II vs Luke Weaver
  3. 3+0.20▼10 · 2-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Jorge Mateo vs Luke Weaver

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 the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Bo Bichette — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Bo Bichette — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Juan Soto — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Dominic Smith — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Drake Baldwin — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  6. 6Francisco Alvarez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: 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 strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  10. 10Luis Torrens — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  11. 11Luis Torrens — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 9 of 11 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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