Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Dan Bellino

18 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

93.6% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

47/78 calls

Best game 97.5% · worst 89.7%. Grade is accuracy on taken pitches vs the rulebook zone; ABS is the Automated Ball-Strike System challenge record (how often the robots overruled him).

The games

Game	Grade	Favor	ABS	Blue Note
STL @ CHC2026-07-03	B-	0.3 CHC	6/6	The robots earned their keep tonight.
CIN @ MIL2026-06-29	A+	0.6 CIN	2/5	A steady night's work behind the plate.
ATL @ SD2026-06-24	A	0.4 ATL	0/0	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
LAA @ ATH2026-06-20	B+	0.6 ATH	1/3	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
TB @ LAD2026-06-16	C	0.4 LAD	4/4	A small strike zone, generously enforced for the offense.
KC @ MIN2026-06-05	B+	0.7 KC	3/4	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
DET @ TB2026-06-01	A	0.8 DET	4/7	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
CHC @ PIT2026-05-28	A	1.1 CHC	2/3	Two dugouts, and only one of them smiling.
TOR @ DET2026-05-17	B	0.3 TOR	3/6	The zone kept its promises.
PHI @ BOS2026-05-13	B-	0.1 BOS	0/2	The black wasn't in play tonight.
SEA @ CWS2026-05-08	A-	0.3 SEA	0/1	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
CLE @ ATH2026-05-03	C	0.0 CLE	2/4	The zone kept to itself — the hitters said thanks.
CHC @ SD2026-04-28	A	0.1 CHC	4/6	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
MIA @ SF2026-04-24	B	0.4 MIA	3/7	A pitcher's-nightmare zone — you had to paint it to get it.
NYY @ TB2026-04-12	A	0.0 NYY	3/5	A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix.
LAD @ TOR2026-04-08	B	1.3 TOR	1/3	One side pitched to a slightly bigger plate.
CHC @ CLE2026-04-05	B-	0.3 CLE	4/6	The zone stretched its legs.
ATH @ ATL2026-03-30	A	0.2 ATL	5/6	The Automated Ball-Strike System put in some overtime here.