Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-08-07
“ABS had a long evening on this one.”
Umpire Grade
94.0% accurate
Run Favor
runs, CHC
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed
What this shows — how Adam Beck called the 167 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 157 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
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld
The calls that moved the game
- 1-0.39▲3 · 2-2 ball called strike
Ian Happ vs Jose Cuas - 2-0.28▼8 · 1-2 ball called strike
Carter Jensen vs Caleb Thielbar - 3-0.21▼8 · 3-0 ball called strike
Isaac Collins vs Trent Thornton
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 · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 0 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.
- 1Carter Jensen — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 2Michael Massey — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 3Pete Crow-Armstrong — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 4Carter Jensen — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
- 5Alex Bregman — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.