TBR⇄OAK

TBRTBR Erik Neander net +$4.0M net +0.6

received −$3.2M−$3.2M ± $15M expected surplus · +$4.0M realized received 0.2 ± 2 expected · 0.6 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved TBR's 2018 odds 58% → 60% (+2.3 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Wilmer FontP·28y·R/R

−$3.4M−$3.4M± $15M exp surplusrealized +$4.0M 0.2± 2 exp WARrealized 0.6

Prior

no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr

Evidence

recent form -1.5/yr over 0.1 season

Talent

0.05/yr blended

Horizon

5.5 control yrs × 0.55 age decline

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OAKOAK Billy Beane net −$4.0M net -0.6

received +$2.4M+$2.4M ± $22M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.3 ± 3 expected · 0.0 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved OAK's 2018 odds 61% → 59% (-2.3 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Pete BayerP·23y·R/R

+$2.3M+$2.3M± $22M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.3± 3 exp WARrealized 0.0

Prior

#270 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

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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.