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. He got 125 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
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), not our error.