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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-02

SF @ MIL

Home plate: Paul Clemons

“A steady night's work behind the plate.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.6% accurate
0.9
Run Favor
runs, SF
1
ABS Overturns
of 2 reviewed

What this shows — how Paul Clemons called the 172 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 161 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: William Contreras — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Rafael Devers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.39▼4 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Sal Frelick vs Trevor McDonald
  2. 2+0.39▼7 · 2-2 strike called ball
    William Contreras vs Caleb Kilian
  3. 3+0.30▲1 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Willy Adames vs Kyle Harrison

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

2 pitches went to the robots · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1William Contreras — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Rafael Devers — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 2 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.