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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-06

NYM @ COL

Home plate: James Hoye

“Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.9% accurate
0.7
Run Favor
runs, NYM
2
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how James Hoye called the 163 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 153 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: Hunter Goodman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Tyler Freeman — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Luis Torrens — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.23▲2 · 0-2 strike called ball· challenged
    Carson Benge vs Michael Lorenzen
  2. 2-0.13▼8 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Troy Johnston vs Luke Weaver
  3. 3+0.09▲1 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Juan Soto vs Michael Lorenzen

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 · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Hunter Goodman — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Luis Torrens — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Luis Torrens — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Tyler Freeman — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Luis Torrens — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.