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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-05

CHC @ CLE

Home plate: Dan Bellino

“The zone stretched its legs.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.2% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, CLE
4
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Dan Bellino called the 147 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 134 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: Bo Naylor — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Steven Kwan — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Miguel Amaya — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Brayan Rocchio — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Alex Bregman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Miguel Amaya — 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. 1-0.39▼4 · 2-2 ball called strike· challenged
    Steven Kwan vs Edward Cabrera
  2. 2+0.39▼8 · 2-2 strike called ball
    José Ramírez vs Hoby Milner
  3. 3+0.28▲3 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Miguel Amaya vs Slade Cecconi

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 Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Bo Naylor — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Steven Kwan — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Miguel Amaya — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Brayan Rocchio — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Alex Bregman — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Miguel Amaya — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 0 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.