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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-09-18

DET @ CWS

Home plate: Carlos Torres

“Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.2% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, DET
3
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Carlos Torres called the 192 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 179 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: Kyle Teel — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Eduardo Valencia — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Hao-Yu Lee — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Brenton Doyle — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Kyle Teel — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Kyle Teel — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Kyle Teel — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.21▼4 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Chase Meidroth vs Brant Hurter
  2. 2+0.19▲5 · 2-0 strike called ball
    Gleyber Torres vs Hagen Smith
  3. 3-0.13▼3 · 1-1 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Brenton Doyle vs Beau Brieske

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

  1. 1Kyle Teel — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Eduardo Valencia — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Hao-Yu Lee — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Brenton Doyle — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Kyle Teel — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  6. 6Kyle Teel — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  7. 7Kyle Teel — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

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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