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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-07

HOU @ COL

Home plate: Charlie Ramos

“A steady night's work behind the plate.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.6% accurate
0.1
Run Favor
runs, HOU
4
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Charlie Ramos called the 112 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 106 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: Brett Sullivan — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Cam Smith — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Yordan Alvarez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Jordan Beck — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Kyle Karros — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Brett Sullivan — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Christian Walker — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.13▼4 · 1-0 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Jordan Beck vs Mike Burrows
  2. 2+0.09▼1 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Edouard Julien vs Mike Burrows
  3. 3+0.09▲3 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Yordan Alvarez vs Kyle Freeland

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 · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Brett Sullivan — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Cam Smith — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Yordan Alvarez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Jordan Beck — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Kyle Karros — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Brett Sullivan — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Christian Walker — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.