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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-08-30

KC @ CLE

Home plate: Paul Clemons

“The zone kept to itself — the hitters said thanks.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.1% accurate
0.5
Run Favor
runs, CLE
3
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Paul Clemons called the 158 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 144 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: Austin Hedges — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Austin Hedges — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Carter Jensen — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Austin Hedges — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Austin Hedges — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Austin Hedges — 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+0.69▼6 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Steven Kwan vs Connor Thomas
  2. 2+0.69▼7 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Angel Genao vs Jose Cuas
  3. 3+0.39▲2 · 2-2 strike called ball
    John Rave vs Parker Messick

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

  1. 1Austin Hedges — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Austin Hedges — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Carter Jensen — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Austin Hedges — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Austin Hedges — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Austin Hedges — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 5 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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