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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-08-15

MIA @ CIN

Home plate: Sean Barber

“A busy night for the machines in the truck.”

A
Umpire Grade
96.8% accurate
0.0
Run Favor
runs, CIN
7
ABS Overturns
of 10 reviewed

What this shows — how Sean Barber called the 155 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 150 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: Joe Mack — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: JJ Bleday — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Joe Mack — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Esteury Ruiz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Owen Caissie — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Griffin Conine — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8Challenge 9: Joe Mack — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).9Challenge 10: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).10
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.13▼9 · 1-1 ball called strike
    Matt McLain vs Pete Fairbanks
  2. 2-0.13▼4 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Dane Myers vs Ryan Gusto
  3. 3-0.09▲8 · 0-0 ball called strike
    Heriberto Hernández vs Sam Moll

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

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

  1. 1Joe Mack — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2JJ Bleday — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Joe Mack — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Tyler Stephenson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Esteury Ruiz — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Owen Caissie — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  7. 7Tyler Stephenson — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  8. 8Griffin Conine — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  9. 9Joe Mack — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  10. 10Tyler Stephenson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 10 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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