CIN⇄NYM

CINCIN Jim Bowden net +$2.4M net +0.2

received +$1.6M+$1.6M ± $16M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 0.9 ± 2 expected · 0.0 realized WAR

receives — most valuable first

Ralph Milliard2B·25y·R/R

+$1.8M+$1.8M± $16M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 0.9± 2 exp WARrealized 0.0

Prior

no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr

Evidence

recent form 0.3/yr over 0.2 season

Talent

0.22/yr blended

Horizon

4.0 control yrs

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NYMNYM Steve Phillips net −$2.4M net -0.2

received +$1.6M+$1.6M ± $23M expected surplus · −$2.4M realized received 1.2 ± 3 expected · -0.2 realized WAR

receives — most valuable first

Mark CoreyP·24y·R/R

+$1.8M+$1.8M± $23M exp surplusrealized −$2.4M 1.2± 3 exp WARrealized -0.2

Prior

#111 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

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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.