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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-29

TEX @ TB

Home plate: Jordan Baker

“Hawkeye clocked in early and stayed late.”

A
Umpire Grade
96.6% accurate
0.0
Run Favor
runs, TB
5
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Jordan Baker called the 118 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 114 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: Jonathan Aranda — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Elias Díaz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Austin Wynns — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.13▲5 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Alejandro Osuna vs Ian Seymour
  2. 2+0.10▲2 · 0-1 strike called ball
    Jake Burger vs Casey Legumina
  3. 3+0.10▲3 · 0-1 strike called ball
    Elias Díaz vs Ian Seymour

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 · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Jonathan Aranda — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Nick Fortes — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Elias Díaz — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Nick Fortes — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Nick Fortes — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Austin Wynns — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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