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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-07

KC @ CLE

Home plate: Ben May

“An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.8% accurate
0.7
Run Favor
runs, CLE
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Ben May called the 178 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 167 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: Austin Hedges — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Rhys Hoskins — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Bobby Witt Jr. — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Salvador Perez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Carter Jensen — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.28▼4 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Rhys Hoskins vs Noah Cameron
  2. 2-0.19▲1 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Maikel Garcia vs Gavin Williams
  3. 3-0.19▲6 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Jonathan India vs Tim Herrin

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

5 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Austin Hedges — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Rhys Hoskins — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Bobby Witt Jr. — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Salvador Perez — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Carter Jensen — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.