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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-06

CLE @ KC

Home plate: Edwin Moscoso

“The players kept asking for a second opinion — and kept getting one.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.7% accurate
0.5
Run Favor
runs, CLE
5
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Edwin Moscoso called the 162 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 155 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: Elias Díaz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Austin Hedges — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Austin Hedges — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Daniel Schneemann — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Bobby Witt Jr. — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Austin Hedges — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Kyle Isbel — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Austin Hedges — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.28▲1 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Angel Martínez vs Cole Ragans
  2. 2+0.13▲5 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Chase DeLauter vs Luinder Avila
  3. 3+0.13▲8 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Kyle Manzardo vs Alex Lange

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

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

  1. 1Elias Díaz — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Austin Hedges — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Austin Hedges — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Daniel Schneemann — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Bobby Witt Jr. — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Austin Hedges — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  7. 7Kyle Isbel — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  8. 8Austin Hedges — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.