SDP⇄CLE

SDPSDP Jed Hoyer net +$2.4M net +0.5

received +$1.6M+$1.6M ± $22M expected surplus · −$0.8M realized received 1.2 ± 3 expected · 0.0 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved SDP's 2012 odds 5% → 5% (+0.6 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Cory BurnsP·24y·R/R

+$1.8M+$1.8M± $22M exp surplusrealized −$0.8M 1.2± 3 exp WARrealized -0.0

Prior

#245 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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CLECLE Mark Shapiro net −$2.4M net -0.5

received +$4.8M+$4.8M ± $18M expected surplus · −$3.2M realized received 1.0 ± 2 expected · -0.5 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved CLE's 2012 odds 1% → 1% (-0.1 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Aaron CunninghamOF·26y·R/R

+$4.4M+$4.4M± $18M exp surplusrealized −$3.2M 1.0± 2 exp WARrealized -0.5

Prior

league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.21/yr

Evidence

recent form 0.6/yr over 0.7 season

Talent

0.34/yr blended

Horizon

3.0 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.