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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-09-06

TB @ TEX

Home plate: Derek Thomas

“A few he'd want back, and the grade says so.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.5% accurate
0.9
Run Favor
runs, TEX
4
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Derek Thomas called the 164 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: 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), not our error.

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