KCR⇄MIL

KCRKCR Allard Baird net +$1.6M net +0.2

received +$0.0M+$0.0M ± $6M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 0.2 ± 1 expected · 0.0 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved KCR's 2006 odds 0% → 1% (+0 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Justin Barnes

+$0.3M+$0.3M± $6M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 0.2± 1 exp WARrealized 0.0

Unidentified minor-league throw-in — valued at the ~0.2 WAR base rate (most produce nothing)

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MILMIL Douglas Melvin net −$1.6M net -0.2

received −$1.6M−$1.6M ± $30M expected surplus · −$1.6M realized received 0.5 ± 4 expected · -0.2 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved MIL's 2006 odds 11% → 10% (-0.5 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Chris DemariaP·25y·B/R

−$1.8M−$1.8M± $30M exp surplusrealized −$1.6M 0.5± 4 exp WARrealized -0.2

Prior

#493 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr

Evidence

recent form -0.5/yr over 0.3 season

Talent

0.09/yr blended

Horizon

5.5 control yrs

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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.