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August 3, 1990

PHIATL

PHI won this trade +$47.2M surplus PHI won this trade +10.1 WAR
PHIPHI Lee Thomas net +$47.2M net +10.1
received +$16.8M+$16.8M ± $38M expected surplus · +$34.4M realized received 6.1 ± 5 expected · 10.2 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved PHI's 1990 odds 5% → 5% (+0.8 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Tommy GreeneP·23y·R/R
+$11.0M+$11.0M± $36M exp surplusrealized +$48.0M 3.1± 4 exp WARrealized 9.5
Prior
#14 overall draft pick → 0.63/yr
Evidence
recent form -0.1/yr over 0.1 season
Talent
0.56/yr blended
Horizon
5.5 control yrs
Dale MurphyOF·34y·R/R
+$5.6M+$5.6M± $14M exp surplusrealized −$13.6M 3.0± 2 exp WARrealized 0.7
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 3.0/yr over 2.5 seasons
Talent
2.08/yr blended
Horizon
1.5 control yr × 0.96 age decline
ATLATL Bobby Cox net −$47.2M net -10.1
received +$7.2M+$7.2M ± $50M expected surplus · −$12.8M realized received 3.5 ± 6 expected · 0.1 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved ATL's 1990 odds 2% → 2% (-0.3 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Jeff ParrettP·28y·R/R
+$3.5M+$3.5M± $26M exp surplusrealized −$12.0M 1.1± 3 exp WARrealized -0.0
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 0.5/yr over 2.2 seasons
Talent
0.38/yr blended
Horizon
3.0 control yrs
Jim VatcherOF·25y·R/R
+$1.8M+$1.8M± $30M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.2± 4 exp WARrealized 0.1
Prior
#519 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
no MLB track record — leans on pedigree
Talent
0.21/yr blended
Horizon
5.5 control yrs
Víctor Rosario2B/SS·23y·R/R
+$1.8M+$1.8M± $30M exp surplusrealized −$0.8M 1.2± 4 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
5.5 control yrs

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 (composite top-100 rank / draft slot, or a baseline) with his recent track record, projected over the years of team control acquired. The ± figure is a historically calibrated predictive standard deviation, measuring how widely comparable forecasts have missed around their expected value. 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.