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April 26, 1995

TORMIA

TOR won this trade +$1.6M surplus TOR won this trade +0.7 WAR
TORTOR Gord Ash net +$1.6M net +0.7
received +$0.0M+$0.0M ± $10M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 0.2 ± 1 expected · 0.0 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved TOR's 1995 odds 1% → 1% (+0 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Ernie Delgado
+$0.3M+$0.3M± $10M 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)
MIAMIA Dave Dombrowski net −$1.6M net -0.7
received +$0.0M+$0.0M ± $35M expected surplus · −$1.6M realized received 0.8 ± 4 expected · -0.7 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved MIA's 1995 odds 13% → 12% (-0.5 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Aaron SmallP·23y·R/R
−$0.3M−$0.3M± $35M exp surplusrealized −$1.6M 0.8± 4 exp WARrealized -0.7
Prior
#573 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form -2.2/yr over 0.0 season
Talent
0.14/yr blended
Horizon
5.5 control yrs

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.