Umpire Grade · Blue Notes
James Hoye
17 games graded behind the plate.
Season Grade
93.4% avg
Avg Swing
runs / game
ABS Overturns
35/74 calls
Best game 96.2% · worst 90.3%. Grade is accuracy on taken pitches vs the rulebook zone; ABS is the Automated Ball-Strike System challenge record (how often the robots overruled him).
The games
| Game | Grade | Favor | ABS | Blue Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN @ NYY2026-07-04 | B- | 0.8 NYY | 7/11 | The players kept asking for a second opinion — and kept getting one. |
| NYM @ TOR2026-06-29 | A | 0.5 TOR | 1/4 | Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines. |
| BAL @ LAA2026-06-24 | A | 1.4 LAA | 5/6 | The robots earned their keep tonight. |
| MIN @ AZ2026-06-20 | A | 0.4 MIN | 1/1 | The zone kept its promises. |
| COL @ CHC2026-06-15 | B | 0.1 CHC | 0/3 | Nothing off the plate, and not much on the black either. |
| PHI @ LAD2026-05-30 | B- | 0.5 PHI | 2/4 | A steady night's work behind the plate. |
| AZ @ SF2026-05-25 | A- | 0.2 SF | 2/5 | A workmanlike night — nothing to frame, nothing to fix. |
| PIT @ STL2026-05-21 | B | 0.8 STL | 1/4 | The black wasn't in play tonight. |
| CIN @ CLE2026-05-15 | B | 0.0 CIN | 3/7 | Called a fair game and let the players decide it. |
| CHC @ TEX2026-05-09 | A | 0.4 TEX | 1/2 | Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines. |
| NYM @ COL2026-05-06 | B+ | 0.7 NYM | 2/5 | Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone. |
| CWS @ SD2026-05-01 | A | 0.7 CWS | 0/3 | Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks. |
| ATL @ PHI2026-04-18 | B+ | 0.7 ATL | 4/5 | Nothing off the plate, and not much on the black either. |
| WSH @ PIT2026-04-15 | C+ | 0.5 PIT | 0/3 | A pitcher's-nightmare zone — you had to paint it to get it. |
| ATH @ NYM2026-04-11 | B- | 0.1 NYM | 1/4 | A pitcher's-nightmare zone — you had to paint it to get it. |
| CIN @ MIA2026-04-07 | A | 0.3 CIN | 5/6 | A busy night for the machines in the truck. |
| TEX @ PHI2026-03-26 | C+ | 0.9 TEX | 0/1 | The zone shrank when the pitchers needed it most. |