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January 3, 1990

CHCTEX

CHC won this trade +$0.0M surplus CHC won this trade +3.4 WAR
CHCCHC Jim Frey net +$0.0M net +3.4
received +$1.6M+$1.6M ± $30M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.2 ± 4 expected · 3.4 realized WAR
receives — most valuable first
Rey Sánchez2B/SS·22y·R/R
+$1.8M+$1.8M± $30M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.2± 4 exp WARrealized 3.4
Prior
#319 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
TEXTEX Tom Grieve net +$0.0M net -3.4
received +$0.0M+$0.0M ± $11M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 0.2 ± 1 expected · 0.0 realized WAR
receives — most valuable first
Bryan House
+$0.3M+$0.3M± $11M 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)

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.