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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-09

HOU @ CIN

Home plate: David Rackley

“No notes. Well, one: nicely done.”

A
Umpire Grade
96.9% accurate
0.1
Run Favor
runs, HOU
2
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how David Rackley called the 130 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 126 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: Cam Smith — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Sal Stewart — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Jose Altuve — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Jose Trevino — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.19▼5 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Will Benson vs Spencer Arrighetti
  2. 2-0.13▼4 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Nathaniel Lowe vs Spencer Arrighetti
  3. 3+0.09▼5 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Will Benson vs Spencer Arrighetti

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 · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Cam Smith — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Sal Stewart — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Jose Altuve — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Jose Trevino — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

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.