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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-21

CLE @ DET

Home plate: Manny Gonzalez

“ABS had a long evening on this one.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.8% accurate
0.4
Run Favor
runs, CLE
6
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Manny Gonzalez called the 153 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 145 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: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Brayan Rocchio — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Rhys Hoskins — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.23▼8 · 0-2 ball called strike
    Riley Greene vs Tim Herrin
  2. 2-0.13▼8 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Dillon Dingler vs Tim Herrin
  3. 3+0.10▲8 · 0-1 strike called ball
    Rhys Hoskins vs Enmanuel De Jesus

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

7 pitches went to the robots · 6 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. 2Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Brayan Rocchio — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Rhys Hoskins — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Patrick Bailey — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  7. 7Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.