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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-09-17

MIL @ PIT

Home plate: James Hoye

“This one went to video review more than most.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.4% accurate
0.9
Run Favor
runs, MIL
9
ABS Overturns
of 11 reviewed

What this shows — how James Hoye called the 181 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 169 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: Bo Naylor — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Brice Turang — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Bo Naylor — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Joey Ortiz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Henry Davis — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Henry Davis — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Gregory Soto — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Nick Gonzales — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8Challenge 9: Ronny Simon — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9Challenge 10: Konnor Griffin — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).10Challenge 11: Henry Davis — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).11
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.69▼8 · 3-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Konnor Griffin vs Aaron Ashby
  2. 2+0.23▼5 · 0-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Jared Triolo vs Garrett Stallings
  3. 3+0.23▲9 · 0-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Garrett Mitchell vs Mason Montgomery

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 · 9 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Bo Naylor — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Brice Turang — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Bo Naylor — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Joey Ortiz — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Henry Davis — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Henry Davis — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  7. 7Gregory Soto — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  8. 8Nick Gonzales — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  9. 9Ronny Simon — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  10. 10Konnor Griffin — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  11. 11Henry Davis — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 10 of 11 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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