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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-08

KC @ CLE

Home plate: Dan Iassogna

“The corners were friendlier in one direction tonight.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.7% accurate
1.8
Run Favor
runs, KC
3
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how Dan Iassogna called the 180 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 165 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: Angel Martínez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Austin Hedges — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Kyle Manzardo — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Carter Jensen — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.69▼2 · 3-2 ball called strike
    Austin Hedges vs Luinder Avila
  2. 2-0.39▼8 · 2-2 ball called strike
    José Ramírez vs Steven Cruz
  3. 3-0.30▼8 · 3-1 ball called strike
    Brayan Rocchio vs Steven Cruz

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

4 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Angel Martínez — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Austin Hedges — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Kyle Manzardo — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Carter Jensen — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.