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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-05

BAL @ CIN

Home plate: Brian O'Nora

“Hawkeye did more talking than the umpire tonight.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.9% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, BAL
5
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Brian O'Nora called the 131 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 123 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: Adley Rutschman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Adley Rutschman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Adley Rutschman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Adley Rutschman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Jackson Holliday — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Blaze Alexander — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.30▼5 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Eugenio Suárez vs Kyle Bradish
  2. 2+0.30▲9 · 3-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Jackson Holliday vs Emilio Pagán
  3. 3-0.21▼5 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Eugenio Suárez vs Kyle Bradish

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

7 pitches went to the robots · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Adley Rutschman — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Adley Rutschman — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Adley Rutschman — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Tyler Stephenson — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Adley Rutschman — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  6. 6Jackson Holliday — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  7. 7Blaze Alexander — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.