Week 31

Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026

250 attempted robberies · 185.2″ of total stolen zone across the league.

Worst-cooked team
MIA

13.1″ stolen across 13 attempted robberies

Worst-cooked HP ump
Dan Bellino

8 attempted robberies · max 2.5″

Worst calls of the week

The 10 biggest attempted robberies, ranked by leverage × how far the call missed the zone.

1.8″
off the zone
#1

PHI @ MIA

Bot 9th • 2-1 • 7-7

Heriberto Hernández vs Jhoan Duran

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Dan Bellino • Challenged by MIA

Leverage: 5.51Egregiousness: 10.17
2.0″
off the zone
#2

NYY @ CWS

Bot 11th • 3-1 • 5-5

Braden Montgomery vs Camilo Doval

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Jim Wolf • Challenged by CWS

Leverage: 4.83Egregiousness: 9.59
5.3″
off the zone
#3

NYY @ CWS

Top 4th • 2-1 • 0-0

Jazz Chisholm Jr. vs Sean Burke

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Alex MacKay • Challenged by NYY

Leverage: 1.47Egregiousness: 7.72
1.1″
off the zone
#4

BAL @ DET

Top 11th • 2-0 • 7-7

Coby Mayo vs Jacob Waguespack

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Brian Walsh • Challenged by BAL

Leverage: 6.56Egregiousness: 7.21
2.5″
off the zone
#5

PIT @ CIN

Top 9th • 1-0 • 7-8

Ryan O'Hearn vs Emilio Pagán

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Dan Bellino • Challenged by PIT

Leverage: 2.89Egregiousness: 7.09
1.6″
off the zone
#6

MIN @ SEA

Bot 8th • 3-2 • 3-3

Mitch Garver vs Taylor Rogers

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Roberto Ortiz • Challenged by SEA

Leverage: 4.33Egregiousness: 6.88
2.0″
inside the zone
#7

SF @ SD

Bot 9th • 0-2 • 5-6

Jake Cronenworth vs Dylan Smith

Called Ball → overturned to Strike

HP Umpire: Nestor Ceja • Challenged by SF

Leverage: 3.14Egregiousness: 6.21
1.7″
off the zone
#8

CHC @ STL

Top 9th • 2-2 • 2-2

Pete Crow-Armstrong vs Riley O'Brien

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Tyler Jones • Challenged by CHC

Leverage: 3.33Egregiousness: 5.71
3.2″
off the zone
#9

MIL @ SF

Top 6th • 2-2 • 2-3

Jake Bauers vs Logan Webb

Called Strike → overturned to Ball

HP Umpire: Emil Jimenez • Challenged by MIL

Leverage: 1.72Egregiousness: 5.56
1.8″
inside the zone
#10

BOS @ ATH

Bot 8th • 0-3 • 2-2

Carlos Cortes vs Garrett Whitlock

Called Ball → overturned to Strike

HP Umpire: Bruce Dreckman • Challenged by BOS

Leverage: 2.97Egregiousness: 5.46

How umped was your team

All 30 teams, tier'd by cumulative ABS-overturned magnitude.

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MOST UMPEDnone
A
ROUGH WEEK
MIACHC
B
MID
BOSNYMMILPITWSHCWSATHBALKC
C
FINE
COLLAASFNYYCINTEXHOUSEASDLAD
D
GOOD WEEK
CLETORMINPHIATLTBAZDET
F
UMPS LOVED YOU
STL

Umpires, ranked

worst → least bad. don't @ us.

  1. 01↑10+
    Dan Bellino

    8-for-8 on the leaderboard. avg 0.65″ off the rulebook. business as usual.

    8 · 0.65″ avg · LI 4
  2. 02NEW
    Brian Walsh

    9th-inning regular. 3 of 6 this week. closer than they should have been.

    6 · 0.58″ avg · LI 4
  3. 03↑10+
    Bruce Dreckman

    up 10+. having a moment.

    4 · 1.66″ avg · LI 2
  4. 04NEW
    Jim Wolf

    first appearance. setting the tone early.

    3 · 0.82″ avg · LI 1
  5. 05↑10+
    Adam Hamari

    specialist in moments that matter. 2 of 2 in high leverage.

    2 · 2.52″ avg · LI 2
  6. 06↑10+
    Nestor Ceja

    up 10+. having a moment.

    6 · 0.66″ avg · LI 3
  7. 07↑10+
    Alfonso Márquez

    rising. 10+ spots up this week. keep watching.

    9 · 0.74″ avg · LI 4
  8. 08NEW
    Roberto Ortiz

    rookie energy. memorable debut on the leaderboard.

    7 · 0.53″ avg · LI 3
  9. 09↑10+
    Stu Scheurwater

    quietly cooked. all 3 attempted robberies came in high-leverage spots. that's a choice.

    3 · 0.79″ avg · LI 3
  10. 10NEW
    Alex MacKay

    single take, but unforgettable. 5.3″ miss.

    1 · 5.26″ avg
Worst Call of Week 31: 1.8″ stolen by Dan Bellino (Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026) | Abstap