(His opposite in this, Jim Wolf, would have the plate for a Game 7.) Not only that, he’s among the least likely home plate umpires to call a checked swing a strike, doing so only 10 percent of the time over the past three seasons. Hoye is tough on pitchers because he typically doesn’t give them any calls at all if a pitch is even just a hair off the plate. Here, it’s back to an umpire who usually has a small strike zone. He has been a little tougher than other umps on low pitches, particularly when a right-handed batter is at the plate. Most important tendencies: Cederstrom’s strike zone appears to have widened the past two years, as he has called more pitches at or near the outside corner strikes than his colleagues. He went from ranking in the bottom 15 to the top 15 in our Extra Strikes Called Per 150 Pitches stat when the comparison is 2015-2017 vs. Game 3 - Gary CederstromĬederstrom had been a less aggressive strike caller than his peers for much of the decade - until the past two seasons, when his tendencies seem to have shifted.
2016 WORLD SERIES GAME 7 UMPIRES SERIES
He’s arguably the most likely umpire in baseball to call a borderline pitch a strike and the most likely in this series to get on hitters’ nerves. In other words, his can be a wide zone horizontally and a large zone vertically. Most important tendencies: Eddings’ strike-calling tendencies have been most pronounced on high pitches for hitters on both sides of the plate, outside pitches for left-handed hitters and inside pitches for right-handed batters. However, a favorable zone doesn’t necessarily portend success, particularly for the Nationals’ Strasburg, who allowed nine runs with Eddings behind the plate against the Diamondbacks in early August.
He’ll be a contrast in approach to Porter for starting pitchers Stephen Strasburg and Justin Verlander. Game 2 - Doug EddingsĮddings annually has one of the largest strike zones in the majors, per SIS metrics. Porter also ranks among the least likely umpires to call a batter out on a close two-strike pitch, so both starters will likely have to earn their strikeouts. Most important tendencies: A three-year look at Porter’s trends shows an umpire who calls fewer strikes than his peers on down-and-in pitches to left-handed batters and on pitches at or above the top of the strike zone to right-handed hitters. He’s had four in his career, registering 20 strikeouts against six walks. Cole had one start with Porter this season. The Nationals’ Scherzer has a 60-to-9 strikeout-to-walk ratio with Porter in the regular season, but all eight of his starts came before 2019. This season was one in which he had the most hitter-friendly strike zone of his career and one of the most hitter-friendly zones in baseball, per our Strike Zone Runs Saved metric. Porter is in his 10 th season as an umpire. Porter will be making his World Series umpiring debut by calling balls and strikes for the Max Scherzer-Gerrit Cole matchup. Umpire tendencies can vary from game to game, so past performance may differ from what you see on occasion. It’s important to note that what we’re pointing out are historical tendencies, usually based on three years of data, except when noted. At Sports Info Solutions, we do comprehensive umpire analysis for our clients, and for the World Series we can share that here with a breakdown of each of the home plate umpires, along with a little help from. Look in the dugouts of some teams and you can see heat maps on the walls showing their tendencies. Gardner had struck out to end an early Yankees rally, with Astros pitcher Josh James benefitting from two favorable strike calls, one on the inside edge and one on the outside edge. Marvin Hudson appeared to widen his strike zone at times, drawing the ire of a number of players, notably Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner.
Game 6 of the ALCS was an example of how the home plate umpire can affect the outcome of a game.
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