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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-09-06

TB @ TEX

Home plate: Derek Thomas

“Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.0% accurate
0.7
Run Favor
runs, TEX
4
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Derek Thomas called the 163 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone, or, on a pitch the ABS (Automated Ball-Strike System) reviewed on a challenge, against its ruling. 150 were right. Below, only the misses are plotted, alongside every challenged pitch.

The zone, as he called it

Challenge 1: Junior Caminero — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Chandler Simpson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Wyatt Langford — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Elias Díaz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Elias Díaz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼4 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Evan Carter vs Kevin Kelly
  2. 2+0.23▼6 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Jake Burger vs Casey Legumina
  3. 3+0.20▲8 · 2-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Yandy Díaz vs Jacob Latz

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

  1. 1Junior Caminero — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Chandler Simpson — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Nick Fortes — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Nick Fortes — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Wyatt Langford — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Elias Díaz — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  7. 7Elias Díaz — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 7 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone). Where the two disagree, the umpire is graded on the ABS ruling.

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