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we wished.

Lopez giving up hits against righties. So much for righty on righty.

I'd rather see Stewart after that inning than shakey Lopez. The ERA doesn't show how shakey he has been.

1 on May 2, and 2 on May 4, both games against CWS. Smart, and counts against his walk rate,

The 4th outcome for Gallo = GIDP

But 3 IBB ordered by Baldelli kinda taints that.

Of couse Brock Stewart!

Brock Stewart with a one run lead in the 7th? Hmmmmm Good luck to Brock, and us all.

Those guys need to practice the Bo Jackson run up the padded wall and catch those fly balls 😇

There goes the shutout.

With a cannon of an arm, time to plant his feet, a close play, and he throws it into the ground on purpose? Which will take more time for the ball to get there than a rope in the air? Not a great plan if it is on purpose.

Is Correa's cannon of an arm hurt. He had time to plant and bounced it twice. Not even close to making it to the first.

There goes the no-hitter with the former platinum glover's throw. Cheap hit.

that's right..... sorry. got excited.

ill ill ill. Think ill. And off. Kirilloff.

And after that great play.... Kirilloff leads off... Time for his first homer of the year.

3 walks and a HBP. 4 baserunners but no hits. Weird start so far.

And Correa sees fit to not run out of the box, during this drastic slump. Unbelievable for a smart baseball IQ vet. Lessons from Polanco not learned. Guys with Correa's experience .... and out at home. Oh well. Team leader is trying.

Is it cold or something? Nope. 3 walks in 3 innings in 77 degree weather.

They don't send that guy down. In their infinite wisdom, they trade him off the team entirely.

We just have to absorb the $ men. Correa, Gallo, and Vazquez. Funny how playing time can relate to the $ sometimes, more than the needs.

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I think what all want is for the balls and strikes to just always be called correctly. I think that those that quest to be a part of baseball and be umpires are trying their best to get it right (I hope). I also feel that some unintentional bias and pride can get in the way as they defend the best that they can humanly do, which is a trained best guess. I also struggle to understand the options, and try the best I can to. I thank you very much for the link to the article. It presented new information that I can learn from, and that is very beneficial to a curious mind. I don't really know that I have the expertise to understand exactly what this math you quoted is saying. I do understand pretty clearly that this discussion in the article is about the machine/tech/camera/method/software that is grading the accuracy of actual systems in place at the ball parks, and is not one of the systems in use, of which TrackMan is the current one held in favor by MLB and being used. "Ground-truth testing refers generally to the independent on-field evaluation of the in-stadia ball-tracking systems. The goal of this testing is to validate accuracy and assess tracking health using a precise and independent method. Ground-truth testing is done after a tracking system is installed and calibrated at a stadium while the field approximates game-ready conditions. It can also be performed periodically as a health check for stadium tracking or when field changes or tracking issues present an opportunity to benefit from an independent assessment." "The ground truth method relies on the frame-synchronized filming of a ball passing over the plate by two high-speed cameras. " And I understand the summary: "This post briefly explains MLB’s ground-truth measurement method and shares some example videos. This program allows us to measure with high precision where the ball is when it crosses the plate or when it’s released. We compare this data to a stadium’s ball tracking system to assess accuracy and precision. This ground-truth testing exercise has been performed annually across all 30 MLB parks. Additional tests are scheduled to validate new tracking system installations and to conduct in-season health checks. The ground truth testing program is important to MLB as a broad quality control tool for ball tracking but also as a foundational assessment of the many metrics derived from pitch positional data." The article doesn't seem to tell us how the systems they are grading work, just if they are accurate. So I am still looking for that info, and particularly from/about TrackMan. Thanks again for posting this great and informative article.

Please provide documentation of this belief. I just spent a half hour looking for an article about the actual tech at that level and am still looking. This is the first I have heard that it is not where the pitch crosses the plate, and it is quite a claim to just throw out there with no support. I did find this to clarify how the strike zone is set for each individual batter: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/robot-umpires-how-it-works-and-its-effect-on-players-and-managers-in-the-atlantic-league-plus-whats-to-come/ "TrackMan, or "robot ump," sits up above home plate (at all eight Atlantic League ballparks), and looks like a black box from afar. In reality, the box is a 3-D Doppler radar dish that analyzes each pitch thrown. Using a three-dimensional strike zone, TrackMan is able to calibrate each batters' size and stance, adjusting the strike zone accordingly. So, the system works so that it doesn't allow a 6-foot-7 player to have the same strike zone as a 5-foot-7 player." ......and this is really interesting, even if it is a couple years old: https://www.bu.edu/articles/2019/mlb-umpires-strike-zone-accuracy/ "MLB Umpires Missed 34,294 Ball-Strike Calls in 2018. ------------------- Graphing performance results also highlighted a natural divide—umpires with at least 20 years of experience made more incorrect calls than those with 10 years or less of experience. For 2018, Ted Barrett and Joe West were the top poor performers, making 495 and 512 incorrect home plate calls, for an average of 17.7 and 16.5 errors per game, respectively. --------------------- MLB is simply ignoring valuable, available data. Despite the hard evidence, each season, MLB continues to keep questionable performers, some past their prime, on the job. The past three World Series were only the most recent examples. Game by game, season by season, poor-performing umpires remain on the field. ----------------- It is unrealistic to assume that home-plate umpires, unassisted, can collectively achieve the accuracy rates increasingly demanded by the sports industry and deserving fans."