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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-29

NYM @ TOR

Home plate: James Hoye

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A
Umpire Grade
95.0% accurate
0.5
Run Favor
runs, TOR
1
ABS Overturns
of 4 reviewed

What this shows — how James Hoye called the 140 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 133 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: Mark Vientos — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: George Springer — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: A.J. Ewing — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Mark Vientos — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.39▲6 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Carson Benge vs Trey Yesavage
  2. 2-0.21▼1 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Ernie Clement vs Sean Manaea
  3. 3-0.13▼7 · 1-1 ball called strike
    George Springer vs Austin Warren

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. 1Mark Vientos — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2George Springer — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3A.J. Ewing — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Mark Vientos — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.