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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-18

PIT @ CLE

Home plate: Roberto Ortiz

“The challenge cart got its steps in.”

C
Umpire Grade
89.3% accurate
1.9
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 109 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 strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Henry Davis — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (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 ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Esmerlyn Valdez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (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 strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼1 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Chase DeLauter vs Jared Jones
  2. 2-0.39▲4 · 2-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Esmerlyn Valdez vs Gavin Williams
  3. 3+0.28▼4 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Kahlil Watson vs Jared Jones

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 the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

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

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 6 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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