Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-24
ATL @ SD
Home plate: Dan Bellino
“Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.”
Umpire Grade
96.0% accurate
Run Favor
runs, ATL
ABS Overturns
of 0 reviewed
What this shows — how Dan Bellino called the 149 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 143 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
strike called ballball called strike
The calls that moved the game
- 1-0.13▼5 · 1-0 ball called strike
Xander Bogaerts vs James Karinchak - 2-0.13▼6 · 1-0 ball called strike
Fernando Tatis Jr. vs Tyler Kinley - 3+0.09▲2 · 0-0 strike called ball
Joey Bart vs JP Sears
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
No pitches were challenged tonight.