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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-21

PIT @ STL

Home plate: James Hoye

“The black wasn't in play tonight.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.1% accurate
0.8
Run Favor
runs, STL
1
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how James Hoye called the 127 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 117 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: Marcell Ozuna — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Braxton Ashcraft — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Iván Herrera — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Pedro Pagés — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▼1 · 2-2 strike called ball
    JJ Wetherholt vs Braxton Ashcraft
  2. 2+0.19▼4 · 2-0 strike called ball
    Masyn Winn vs Braxton Ashcraft
  3. 3+0.13▼4 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Masyn Winn vs Braxton Ashcraft

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

4 pitches went to the robots · 1 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Marcell Ozuna — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Braxton Ashcraft — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Iván Herrera — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Pedro Pagés — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.