Lenyn Sosa Trade — April 13, 2026 · CHW / TOR

CHW

CHW Chris Getz net +$3.2M net +0.5

received +$1.6M+$1.6M ± $56M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.1 ± 7 expected · 0.0 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved CHW's 2026 odds 34.2% → 33.5% (-0.7 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Jordan RichOF·19y·L/L

+$1.8M+$1.8M± $56M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.1± 7 exp WARrealized 0.0

Prior: no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence: no MLB track record — leans on pedigree
Talent: 0.21/yr blended
Horizon: 6.0 control yrs × 0.89 age decline

TOR

TOR Ross Atkins net −$3.2M net -0.5

received +$8.8M+$8.8M ± $28M expected surplus · −$3.2M realized received 2.5 ± 4 expected · -0.5 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved TOR's 2026 odds 16.2% → 16.7% (+0.5 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Lenyn Sosa2B·26y·R/R

+$8.6M+$8.6M± $28M exp surplusrealized −$3.2M 2.5± 4 exp WARrealized -0.5

Prior: no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence: recent form 0.7/yr over 1.5 season
Talent: 0.75/yr blended
Horizon: 4.0 control yrs × 0.83 age decline

Each player is valued on what he was expected to produce at the time of the trade, versus what he actually produced for his new team.

Expected WAR blends a player's pedigree (Baseball America rank / draft slot, or a baseline) with his recent track record, projected over the years of team control acquired. The ± band is the uncertainty — wide for unproven prospects, tight for established veterans. Surplus values that production at the FA market price of a win (~$8M/WAR) minus salary — so cost-controlled players carry large surplus and expensive ones little, even at the same WAR. Who won is descriptive, not a skill claim: ~99% of a trade's outcome is unforeseeable at the time.

Historically these expected values are unbiased and land within ±2 WAR of reality 75% of the time — yet the side the model favors actually comes out ahead only 53% of the time. The grade is a calibrated bet, not a prediction. Why trades are an efficient market →

CHW⇄TOR