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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-26

CLE @ TOR

Home plate: Ramon De Jesus

“The zone kept its promises.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.1% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, CLE
3
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Ramon De Jesus called the 130 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 121 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: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Brayan Rocchio — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Daniel Schneemann — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Brandon Valenzuela — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Austin Hedges — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Daulton Varsho — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — 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+0.20▲4 · 2-1 strike called ball
    David Fry vs Patrick Corbin
  2. 2+0.19▲8 · 2-0 strike called ball
    Kyle Manzardo vs Jeff Hoffman
  3. 3-0.13▼5 · 1-1 ball called strike
    Brandon Valenzuela vs Slade Cecconi

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. 1Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Brayan Rocchio — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Daniel Schneemann — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Brandon Valenzuela — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Austin Hedges — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  6. 6Daulton Varsho — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  7. 7Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 5 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.