STL⇄ANA

STLSTL John Mozeliak net +$12.0M net +0.1

received +$0.0M+$0.0M ± $0M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 0.0 ± 0 expected · 0.0 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved STL's 2021 odds 31% → 32% (+0.5 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

cash / PTBNL

+$0.0M+$0.0M± $0M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 0.0± 0 exp WARrealized 0.0

Cash or player to be named — no projection

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ANAANA Perry Minasian net −$12.0M net -0.1

received −$6.4M−$6.4M ± $8M expected surplus · −$12.0M realized received 0.8 ± 1 expected · -0.1 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved ANA's 2021 odds 4% → 4% (-0.1 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Dexter FowlerOF·35y·B/R

−$6.5M−$6.5M± $8M exp surplusrealized −$12.0M 0.8± 1 exp WARrealized -0.1

Prior

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

Evidence

recent form 1.2/yr over 1.8 season

Talent

0.78/yr blended

Horizon

1.0 control yr

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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.