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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-04

MIN @ NYY

Home plate: James Hoye

“The players kept asking for a second opinion — and kept getting one.”

B-
Umpire Grade
91.5% accurate
0.8
Run Favor
runs, NYY
7
ABS Overturns
of 11 reviewed

What this shows — how James Hoye called the 201 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 184 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: Byron Buxton — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Alex Jackson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Max Schuemann — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Alex Jackson — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Anthony Volpe — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Josh Bell — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Royce Lewis — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Max Schuemann — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8Challenge 9: Trent Grisham — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9Challenge 10: Amed Rosario — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).10Challenge 11: Austin Wells — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).11
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.39▼5 · 2-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Trent Grisham vs Zebby Matthews
  2. 2+0.30▲2 · 3-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Byron Buxton vs Brendan Beck
  3. 3+0.28▲5 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Kody Clemens vs Tim Hill

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

11 pitches went to the robots · 7 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Byron Buxton — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Alex Jackson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Max Schuemann — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Alex Jackson — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Anthony Volpe — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Josh Bell — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  7. 7Royce Lewis — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  8. 8Max Schuemann — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  9. 9Trent Grisham — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  10. 10Amed Rosario — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  11. 11Austin Wells — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 7 of 11 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.