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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-05

CWS @ CLE

Home plate: Hunter Wendelstedt

“Two dugouts, and only one of them smiling.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.6% accurate
1.2
Run Favor
runs, CWS
2
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Hunter Wendelstedt called the 166 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 152 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: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Travis Bazzana — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Kyle Teel — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Miguel Vargas — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Kyle Teel — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▲8 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Miguel Vargas vs Shawn Armstrong
  2. 2-0.30▲1 · 3-1 ball called strike
    Sam Antonacci vs Tanner Bibee
  3. 3+0.20▲1 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Sam Antonacci vs Tanner Bibee

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. 1Patrick Bailey — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Travis Bazzana — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Kyle Teel — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Miguel Vargas — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Kyle Teel — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.