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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-18

PIT @ CLE

Home plate: Roberto Ortiz

“The challenge cart got its steps in.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.4% accurate
0.7
Run Favor
runs, CLE
5
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Roberto Ortiz called the 122 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 114 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 strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Henry Davis — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Rhys Hoskins — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Henry Davis — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Esmerlyn Valdez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Henry Davis — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Esmerlyn Valdez — 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+0.28▼4 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Kahlil Watson vs Jared Jones
  2. 2-0.23▲4 · 0-2 ball called strike
    Nick Gonzales vs Gavin Williams
  3. 3-0.23▲5 · 0-2 ball called strike
    Henry Davis vs Gavin Williams

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. 1Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Henry Davis — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Rhys Hoskins — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Henry Davis — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Esmerlyn Valdez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Henry Davis — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  7. 7Esmerlyn Valdez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.