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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-17

CIN @ CLE

Home plate: David Rackley

“Off the corner was close enough tonight.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.0% accurate
0.0
Run Favor
runs, CIN
3
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how David Rackley called the 151 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 139 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: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Chase DeLauter — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Steven Kwan — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Patrick Bailey — 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+0.30▲7 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Matt McLain vs Tim Herrin
  2. 2-0.23▲4 · 0-2 ball called strike
    TJ Friedl vs Gavin Williams
  3. 3+0.20▼5 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Steven Kwan vs Brock Burke

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. 1Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Chase DeLauter — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Steven Kwan — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.