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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-09-14

SF @ STL

Home plate: Carlos Torres

“One side pitched to a slightly bigger plate.”

C+
Umpire Grade
90.2% accurate
1.2
Run Favor
runs, STL
4
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Carlos Torres called the 174 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 157 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: Andrew Knizner — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Leo Bernal — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Jordan Walker — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Andrew Knizner — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Jung Hoo Lee — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Andrew Knizner — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼1 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Jordan Walker vs Landen Roupp
  2. 2-0.28▼5 · 1-2 ball called strike
    Nathan Church vs Landen Roupp
  3. 3+0.23▼7 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Jordan Walker vs Trent Harris

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

6 pitches went to the robots · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Andrew Knizner — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Leo Bernal — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Jordan Walker — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Andrew Knizner — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Jung Hoo Lee — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Andrew Knizner — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 5 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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