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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-20

HOU @ CLE

Home plate: Andy Fletcher

“Called a fair game and let the players decide it.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.7% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, HOU
3
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how Andy Fletcher called the 184 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 176 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: Taylor Trammell — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: José Ramírez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Yainer Diaz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Yainer Diaz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.19▼5 · 2-0 ball called strike
    George Valera vs Spencer Arrighetti
  2. 2-0.13▼5 · 1-1 ball called strike
    Kyle Manzardo vs Spencer Arrighetti
  3. 3+0.13▲8 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Carlos Correa 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

4 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Taylor Trammell — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2José Ramírez — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Yainer Diaz — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Yainer Diaz — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.