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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-26

ATL @ BAL

Home plate: Sean Barber

“The corners were friendlier in one direction tonight.”

A
Umpire Grade
96.0% accurate
1.0
Run Favor
runs, ATL
3
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Sean Barber called the 199 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 191 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: Chadwick Tromp — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Gunnar Henderson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Chadwick Tromp — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).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 strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Coby Mayo — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Drake Baldwin — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.30▲5 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Drake Baldwin vs Shane Baz
  2. 2+0.30▲10 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Matt Olson vs Tyler Wells
  3. 3+0.13▲5 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Drake Baldwin vs Shane Baz

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

7 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Chadwick Tromp — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Gunnar Henderson — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Chadwick Tromp — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Dominic Smith — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Drake Baldwin — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Coby Mayo — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  7. 7Drake Baldwin — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 5 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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