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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-08-08

CLE @ CWS

Home plate: Andy Fletcher

“Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.8% accurate
0.4
Run Favor
runs, CWS
4
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Andy Fletcher called the 144 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 138 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: Drew Romo — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Tristan Peters — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Austin Hedges — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Randal Grichuk — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Drew Romo — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.13▲8 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Brayan Rocchio vs Bryan Hudson
  2. 2-0.10▼6 · 0-1 ball called strike
    Chase Meidroth vs Colin Holderman
  3. 3+0.09▼2 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Chase Meidroth 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

6 pitches went to the robots · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Drew Romo — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Tristan Peters — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Austin Hedges — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Randal Grichuk — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Drew Romo — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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