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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-27

CIN @ PIT

Home plate: Dan Iassogna

“Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.1% accurate
0.4
Run Favor
runs, CIN
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Dan Iassogna called the 163 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 155 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: Jose Trevino — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Endy Rodríguez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Elly De La Cruz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Sal Stewart — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: JJ Bleday — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▲9 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Elly De La Cruz vs Gregory Soto
  2. 2+0.13▼1 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Brandon Lowe vs Chase Burns
  3. 3+0.13▲5 · 1-0 strike called ball
    JJ Bleday vs Evan Sisk

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

5 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Jose Trevino — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Endy Rodríguez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Elly De La Cruz — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Sal Stewart — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5JJ Bleday — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.