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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-26

DET @ CIN

Home plate: Brian O'Nora

“Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.8% accurate
0.8
Run Favor
runs, DET
3
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how Brian O'Nora called the 182 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: Jake Rogers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Jake Rogers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Kerry Carpenter — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Jake Rogers — 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. 1-0.39▼5 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Elly De La Cruz vs Keider Montero
  2. 2+0.28▼4 · 1-2 strike called ball
    JJ Bleday vs Keider Montero
  3. 3+0.28▲7 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Jahmai Jones vs Pierce Johnson

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. 1Jake Rogers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Jake Rogers — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Kerry Carpenter — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Jake Rogers — 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.