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August 31, 2014

OAKCHW

CHW won this trade +$1.6M surplus OAK won this trade +0.0 WAR
OAKOAK Billy Beane net −$1.6M net +0.0
received +$1.6M+$1.6M ± $6M expected surplus · −$1.6M realized received 0.6 ± 1 expected · 0.0 realized WAR
receives — most valuable first
Adam Dunn1B/OF·34y·L/R
+$1.5M+$1.5M± $6M exp surplusrealized −$1.6M 0.6± 1 exp WARrealized -0.0
Prior
league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 0.8/yr over 2.8 seasons
Talent
0.62/yr blended
Horizon
1.0 control yr
CHWCHW Kenny Williams net +$1.6M net +0.0
received +$2.4M+$2.4M ± $21M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.3 ± 3 expected · 0.0 realized WAR
receives — most valuable first
Nolan SanburnP·22y·R/R
+$2.3M+$2.3M± $21M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.3± 3 exp WARrealized 0.0
Prior
#74 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

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.