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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-03-30

ATH @ ATL

Home plate: Dan Bellino

“The Automated Ball-Strike System put in some overtime here.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.6% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, ATL
5
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Dan Bellino called the 137 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 131 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: Nick Kurtz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Max Muncy — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Jonah Heim — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Jonah Heim — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Jonah Heim — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Shea Langeliers — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.23▼1 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Michael Harris II vs Jacob Lopez
  2. 2-0.20▼1 · 2-1 ball called strike
    Mauricio Dubón vs Jacob Lopez
  3. 3+0.13▲2 · 1-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Max Muncy vs Bryce Elder

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 · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Nick Kurtz — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Max Muncy — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Jonah Heim — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Jonah Heim — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Jonah Heim — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Shea Langeliers — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

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.