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August 18, 2020

PHITBR

PHI won this trade +$2.4M surplus PHI won this trade +0.4 WAR
PHIPHI Ned Rice net +$2.4M net +0.4
received +$0.0M+$0.0M ± $5M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 0.2 ± 1 expected · 0.0 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved PHI's 2020 odds 11% → 14% (+2.9 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Rodolfo Sanchez
+$0.3M+$0.3M± $5M 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)
TBRTBR Erik Neander net −$2.4M net -0.4
received −$4.8M−$4.8M ± $22M expected surplus · −$2.4M realized received 0.0 ± 3 expected · -0.4 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved TBR's 2020 odds 68% → 62% (-5.9 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Edgar GarcíaP·23y·R/R
−$4.5M−$4.5M± $22M exp surplusrealized −$2.4M 0.0± 3 exp WARrealized -0.4
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form -0.6/yr over 1.0 season
Talent
-0.15/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.