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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-06

PHI @ KC

Home plate: Alan Porter

“Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.5% accurate
0.4
Run Favor
runs, KC
2
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Alan Porter called the 199 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 188 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: Kyle Schwarber — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Bryce Harper — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Lane Thomas — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Brandon Marsh — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Luke Maile — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.28▼1 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Bobby Witt Jr. vs Cristopher Sánchez
  2. 2+0.28▼6 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Jac Caglianone vs Kyle Backhus
  3. 3-0.21▼1 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Nick Loftin vs Cristopher Sánchez

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 · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Kyle Schwarber — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Bryce Harper — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Lane Thomas — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Brandon Marsh — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Luke Maile — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.