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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-24

BAL @ LAA

Home plate: James Hoye

“The robots earned their keep tonight.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.1% accurate
1.4
Run Favor
runs, LAA
5
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how James Hoye called the 183 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 174 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: Wade Meckler — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Samuel Basallo — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Nolan Schanuel — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Tyler Heineman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Samuel Basallo — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Nolan Schanuel — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼7 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Nolan Schanuel vs Yennier Cano
  2. 2+0.20▼3 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Christian Moore vs Trey Gibson
  3. 3+0.13▼1 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Jorge Soler vs Trey Gibson

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

6 pitches went to the robots · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Wade Meckler — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Samuel Basallo — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Nolan Schanuel — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Tyler Heineman — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Samuel Basallo — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Nolan Schanuel — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.