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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-08

LAA @ TEX

Home plate: Chad Fairchild

“Off the corner was close enough tonight.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.7% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, TEX
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Chad Fairchild called the 168 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 154 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: Alejandro Osuna — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Logan O'Hoppe — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Vaughn Grissom — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Justin Foscue — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Logan O'Hoppe — 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+0.69▼4 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Alejandro Osuna vs Walbert Ureña
  2. 2-0.39▼8 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Josh Smith vs José Fermin
  3. 3+0.23▲1 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Mike Trout vs MacKenzie Gore

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

  1. 1Alejandro Osuna — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Logan O'Hoppe — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Vaughn Grissom — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Justin Foscue — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Logan O'Hoppe — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

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.