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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-10-04

SD @ MIL

Home plate: Lance Barrett

“The challenge cart got its steps in.”

C
Umpire Grade
89.6% accurate
1.0
Run Favor
runs, SD
10
ABS Overturns
of 12 reviewed

What this shows — how Lance Barrett called the 164 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 147 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: Luis Campusano — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Luis Campusano — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Jake Bauers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Ty France — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).8Challenge 9: Jake Bauers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9Challenge 10: Sal Frelick — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).10Challenge 11: Freddy Fermin — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).11Challenge 12: Gary Sánchez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).12
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.23▲3 · 0-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Ty France vs Logan Henderson
  2. 2-0.21▲2 · 3-0 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Luis Campusano vs Logan Henderson
  3. 3-0.21▼5 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Garrett Mitchell vs Michael King

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

12 pitches went to the robots · 10 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Luis Campusano — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Luis Campusano — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Jake Bauers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  7. 7Ty France — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  8. 8William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  9. 9Jake Bauers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  10. 10Sal Frelick — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  11. 11Freddy Fermin — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  12. 12Gary Sánchez — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 9 of 12 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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