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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-31

BOS @ CLE

Home plate: Austin Jones

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A
Umpire Grade
95.1% accurate
0.8
Run Favor
runs, BOS
4
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Austin Jones called the 162 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 154 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: Caleb Durbin — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Mickey Gasper — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Connor Wong — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Carlos Narváez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Stuart Fairchild — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: José Ramírez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Carlos Narváez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Caleb Durbin — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▲7 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Wilyer Abreu vs Tim Herrin
  2. 2-0.20▼8 · 2-1 ball called strike
    Brayan Rocchio vs Greg Weissert
  3. 3+0.13▲7 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Connor Wong vs Colin Holderman

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 · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Caleb Durbin — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Mickey Gasper — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Connor Wong — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Carlos Narváez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Stuart Fairchild — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6José Ramírez — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  7. 7Carlos Narváez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  8. 8Caleb Durbin — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.