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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-25

HOU @ TEX

Home plate: Paul Clemons

“The black wasn't in play tonight.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.0% accurate
1.0
Run Favor
runs, HOU
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Paul Clemons called the 150 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 138 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: Christian Vázquez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Cam Smith — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Danny Jansen — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Christian Vázquez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Brandon Nimmo — 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+0.39▲7 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Jeremy Peña vs Peyton Gray
  2. 2-0.21▼1 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Joc Pederson vs Tatsuya Imai
  3. 3+0.20▲3 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Jeremy Peña vs Kumar Rocker

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

  1. 1Christian Vázquez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Cam Smith — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Danny Jansen — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Christian Vázquez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Brandon Nimmo — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.