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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-20

MIN @ CLE

Home plate: David Rackley

Corner-to-corner and then some.

B-
Umpire Grade
91.5% accurate
0.4
Run Favor
runs, CLE
1
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how David Rackley called the 165 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 151 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: Victor Caratini — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Travis Bazzana — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Brayan Rocchio — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Trevor Larnach — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.232 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Ryan Kreidler vs Tanner Bibee
  2. 2+0.206 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Daniel Schneemann vs Tommy Nance
  3. 3-0.134 · 1-1 ball called strike
    Alan Roden 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 · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Victor Caratini — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Travis Bazzana — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Brayan Rocchio — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Trevor Larnach — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

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.

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