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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-09

MIN @ CLE

Home plate: Paul Clemons

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A-
Umpire Grade
94.3% accurate
0.1
Run Favor
runs, MIN
1
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Paul Clemons called the 194 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 183 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: Victor Caratini — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Austin Hedges — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Brayan Rocchio — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Kody Clemens — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Brooks Lee — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.28▼1 · 1-2 ball called strike
    Kyle Manzardo vs Joe Ryan
  2. 2+0.28▲11 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Royce Lewis vs Peyton Pallette
  3. 3+0.20▼9 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Travis Bazzana vs Kody Funderburk

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

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

  1. 1Victor Caratini — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Austin Hedges — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Brayan Rocchio — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Kody Clemens — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Brooks Lee — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.