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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-26

WSH @ CLE

Home plate: Mike Estabrook

“Hawkeye did more talking than the umpire tonight.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.3% accurate
0.4
Run Favor
runs, CLE
6
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Mike Estabrook called the 171 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 163 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 ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: CJ Abrams — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: CJ Abrams — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Chase DeLauter — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Jacob Young — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: David Fry — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Keibert Ruiz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▼8 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Chase DeLauter vs Mitchell Parker
  2. 2+0.28▲2 · 1-2 strike called ball
    CJ Abrams vs Joey Cantillo
  3. 3+0.23▼8 · 0-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Angel Martínez vs Mitchell Parker

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

8 pitches went to the robots · 6 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Patrick Bailey — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2CJ Abrams — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3CJ Abrams — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Patrick Bailey — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Chase DeLauter — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Jacob Young — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7David Fry — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  8. 8Keibert Ruiz — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 6 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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