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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-03

TB @ HOU

Home plate: Andy Fletcher

“A busy night for the machines in the truck.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.5% accurate
1.4
Run Favor
runs, HOU
5
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Andy Fletcher called the 106 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 98 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: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Christian Walker — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Cam Smith — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Nick Fortes — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼3 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Jose Altuve vs Nick Martinez
  2. 2+0.39▼9 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Christian Walker vs Bryan Baker
  3. 3-0.13▼4 · 1-0 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Cam Smith vs Nick Martinez

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

6 pitches went to the robots · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Nick Fortes — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Nick Fortes — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Christian Walker — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Cam Smith — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Nick Fortes — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Nick Fortes — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 5 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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