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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-08-02

NYY @ CHC

Home plate: Scott Barry

“The challenge cart got its steps in.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.7% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, CHC
7
ABS Overturns
of 9 reviewed

What this shows — how Scott Barry called the 151 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 140 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: Miguel Amaya — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Pete Crow-Armstrong — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Alex Bregman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Jazz Chisholm Jr. — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Austin Wells — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Austin Wells — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Austin Wells — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Alex Bregman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8Challenge 9: Michael Conforto — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼1 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Pete Crow-Armstrong vs Gerrit Cole
  2. 2-0.21▼6 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Nico Hoerner vs Brent Headrick
  3. 3+0.21▼8 · 3-0 strike called ball
    Michael Busch vs Paul Blackburn

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

9 pitches went to the robots · 7 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Miguel Amaya — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Pete Crow-Armstrong — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Alex Bregman — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Jazz Chisholm Jr. — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Austin Wells — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Austin Wells — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  7. 7Austin Wells — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  8. 8Alex Bregman — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  9. 9Michael Conforto — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 9 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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