PIT @ CHC
Home plate: Derek Thomas
“Somebody's pitching staff sent a thank-you note.”
What this shows — how Derek Thomas called the 138 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. 125 were right. Below, only the misses are plotted, alongside every challenged pitch.
The zone, as he called it
The calls that moved the game
- 1+0.30▼7 · 3-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
Michael Busch vs Antwone Kelly - 2+0.28▼8 · 1-2 strike called ball
BJ Murray Jr. vs Antwone Kelly - 3+0.20▼3 · 2-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
Seiya Suzuki vs Khristian Curtis
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
4 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.
- 1Carson Kelly — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
- 2Henry Davis — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 3Henry Davis — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 4Rafael Flores Jr. — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone). Where the two disagree, the umpire is graded on the ABS ruling.