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December 21, 1995

SDPKCR

SDP won this trade +$20.0M surplus SDP won this trade +8.1 WAR
SDPSDP Randy Smith net +$20.0M net +8.1
received −$9.6M−$9.6M ± $30M expected surplus · +$8.8M realized received 3.7 ± 4 expected · 9.4 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved SDP's 1996 odds 31% → 47% (+16 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Aaron DorlarqueP·26y·R/R
+$1.8M+$1.8M± $27M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.2± 3 exp WARrealized 0.0
Prior
#890 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 × 0.92 age decline
Wally Joyner1B·34y·L/L
−$11.6M−$11.6M± $14M exp surplusrealized +$8.8M 2.5± 2 exp WARrealized 9.4
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 2.5/yr over 2.4 seasons
Talent
1.76/yr blended
Horizon
1.5 control yr × 0.95 age decline
KCRKCR Herk Robinson net −$20.0M net -8.1
received −$3.2M−$3.2M ± $32M expected surplus · −$11.2M realized received 3.4 ± 4 expected · 1.3 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved KCR's 1996 odds 8% → 4% (-3.6 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Bryan WolffP·24y·R/R
+$2.3M+$2.3M± $30M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.3± 4 exp WARrealized 0.0
Prior
#506 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
Bip Roberts2B/OF·32y·B/R
−$5.6M−$5.6M± $13M exp surplusrealized −$11.2M 2.1± 2 exp WARrealized 1.3
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 2.2/yr over 1.8 season
Talent
1.43/yr blended
Horizon
1.5 control yr × 0.96 age decline

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.