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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-08-01

SF @ SD

Home plate: Nestor Ceja

“The players kept asking for a second opinion — and kept getting one.”

B
Umpire Grade
93.0% accurate
0.5
Run Favor
runs, SD
5
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Nestor Ceja called the 157 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 146 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: Daniel Susac — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Daniel Susac — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Christian Koss — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Heliot Ramos — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Manny Machado — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Freddy Fermin — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Daniel Susac — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Daniel Susac — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.39▼5 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Ty France vs Tyler Mahle
  2. 2+0.28▼5 · 1-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Manny Machado vs Tyler Mahle
  3. 3-0.28▲6 · 1-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Christian Koss vs Wandy Peralta

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

8 pitches went to the robots · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Daniel Susac — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Daniel Susac — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Christian Koss — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Heliot Ramos — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Manny Machado — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Freddy Fermin — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  7. 7Daniel Susac — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  8. 8Daniel Susac — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 8 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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