Fever BaseballFuture Value Radar (FVR) · On the record
RECORD: 0 HIT · 0 MISS · 12 OPEN · FIRST CALL RESOLVES AUG 12
Support the paperGet the Digest
Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-03-28

DET @ SD

Home plate: Malachi Moore

“One dugout got the friendlier version of the evening.”

C+
Umpire Grade
90.1% accurate
1.1
Run Favor
runs, SD
2
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Malachi Moore called the 152 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 137 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: Jake Cronenworth — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Kevin McGonigle — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Fernando Tatis Jr. — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Colt Keith — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Freddy Fermin — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.69▲1 · 3-2 ball called strike
    Spencer Torkelson vs Randy Vásquez
  2. 2+0.39▼6 · 2-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Jake Cronenworth vs Connor Seabold
  3. 3+0.39▲8 · 2-2 strike called ball
    Gleyber Torres vs Kyle Hart

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

5 pitches went to the robots · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Jake Cronenworth — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Kevin McGonigle — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Fernando Tatis Jr. — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Colt Keith — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Freddy Fermin — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.