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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-19

CIN @ MIN

Home plate: Hunter Wendelstedt

“A tilt to the evening — the numbers say which way.”

C
Umpire Grade
89.8% accurate
2.5
Run Favor
runs, MIN
3
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Hunter Wendelstedt called the 205 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 184 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: Kody Clemens — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Luke Keaschall — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Elly De La Cruz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Victor Caratini — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Dane Myers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Kody Clemens — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: P.J. Higgins — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.69▲4 · 3-2 ball called strike
    Spencer Steer vs Bailey Ober
  2. 2+0.69▼7 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Trevor Larnach vs Connor Phillips
  3. 3-0.39▼10 · 2-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Brooks Lee vs Graham Ashcraft

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 Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Kody Clemens — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Luke Keaschall — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Elly De La Cruz — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Victor Caratini — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Dane Myers — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Kody Clemens — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  7. 7P.J. Higgins — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.