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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-23

KC @ DET

Home plate: Chris Segal

“Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.”

A
Umpire Grade
96.7% accurate
0.7
Run Favor
runs, KC
3
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Chris Segal called the 153 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 148 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: Dillon Dingler — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Isaac Collins — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Dillon Dingler — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Dillon Dingler — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Spencer Torkelson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Carter Jensen — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.23▼5 · 0-2 ball called strike
    Spencer Torkelson vs Randy Dobnak
  2. 2-0.13▼1 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Colt Keith vs Randy Dobnak
  3. 3-0.10▼2 · 0-1 ball called strike
    Spencer Torkelson vs Randy Dobnak

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

6 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Dillon Dingler — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Isaac Collins — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Dillon Dingler — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Dillon Dingler — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Spencer Torkelson — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Carter Jensen — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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