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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-25

NYY @ HOU

Home plate: Dan Iassogna

“Squeezed the edges; the hitters didn't mind at all.”

C+
Umpire Grade
90.3% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, HOU
3
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Dan Iassogna called the 186 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 168 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: Christian Vázquez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Austin Wells — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Jose Altuve — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Cam Smith — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Austin Wells — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Carlos Correa — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Fernando Cruz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.23▼7 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Cam Smith vs Jake Bird
  2. 2+0.21▼6 · 3-0 strike called ball
    Jose Altuve vs Fernando Cruz
  3. 3+0.20▲9 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Cody Bellinger vs Jayden Murray

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

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

  1. 1Christian Vázquez — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Austin Wells — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Jose Altuve — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Cam Smith — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Austin Wells — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  6. 6Carlos Correa — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  7. 7Fernando Cruz — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.