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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-02

KC @ CIN

Home plate: Andy Fletcher

“Tonight's zone had a rooting interest.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.2% accurate
1.3
Run Favor
runs, KC
2
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Andy Fletcher called the 166 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 158 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: Salvador Perez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Salvador Perez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Carter Jensen — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Jac Caglianone — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Blake Dunn — 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+0.30▲4 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Lane Thomas vs Andrew Abbott
  2. 2-0.28▼2 · 1-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Tyler Stephenson vs Noah Cameron
  3. 3+0.28▲9 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Carter Jensen vs Zach Maxwell

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

  1. 1Salvador Perez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Salvador Perez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Carter Jensen — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Jac Caglianone — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Blake Dunn — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

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