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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-15

CIN @ CLE

Home plate: James Hoye

“Called a fair game and let the players decide it.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.8% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, CLE
3
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how James Hoye called the 195 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 179 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: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: JJ Bleday — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Nathaniel Lowe — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Tyler Stephenson — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Kyle Manzardo — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Kyle Manzardo — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▼3 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Rhys Hoskins vs Andrew Abbott
  2. 2+0.23▼7 · 0-2 strike called ball
    Brayan Rocchio vs Tony Santillan
  3. 3+0.13▲6 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Spencer Steer vs Tanner Bibee

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

7 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Tyler Stephenson — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Patrick Bailey — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3JJ Bleday — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Nathaniel Lowe — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Tyler Stephenson — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  6. 6Kyle Manzardo — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Kyle Manzardo — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 6 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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