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April 17, 1990

MINCLE

MIN won this trade +$0.0M surplus MIN won this trade +0 WAR
MINMIN Andy MacPhail net +$0.0M net +0.0
received +$1.6M+$1.6M ± $30M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.2 ± 4 expected · 0.0 realized WAR
receives — most valuable first
Charlie ScottP·26y·R/R
+$1.8M+$1.8M± $30M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.2± 4 exp WARrealized 0.0
Prior
#141 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
no MLB track record — leans on pedigree
Talent
0.21/yr blended
Horizon
6.0 control yrs × 0.92 age decline
CLECLE Hank Peters net +$0.0M net +0.0
received +$0.8M+$0.8M ± $34M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.0 ± 4 expected · 0.0 realized WAR
receives — most valuable first
Alan CockrellOF·27y·R/R
+$0.7M+$0.7M± $34M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.0± 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 × 0.82 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 (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.