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July 31, 2015

TEXMIA

TEX won this trade +$10.4M surplus TEX won this trade +2.2 WAR
TEXTEX Jon Daniels net +$10.4M net +2.2
received −$1.6M−$1.6M ± $22M expected surplus · +$4.0M realized received 0.6 ± 3 expected · 1.2 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved TEX's 2015 odds 9% → 12% (+3.1 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Sam DysonP·27y·R/R
−$1.4M−$1.4M± $22M exp surplusrealized +$4.0M 0.6± 3 exp WARrealized 1.2
Prior
#126 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 0.1/yr over 1.1 season
Talent
0.14/yr blended
Horizon
5.5 control yrs × 0.73 age decline
MIAMIA Mike Berger net −$10.4M net -2.2
received −$2.4M−$2.4M ± $38M expected surplus · −$6.4M realized received 1.2 ± 5 expected · -1.0 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved MIA's 2015 odds 5% → 4% (-1.5 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Cody EgeP·24y·L/L
+$1.8M+$1.8M± $19M exp surplusrealized −$0.8M 1.2± 2 exp WARrealized -0.1
Prior
#460 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
no MLB track record — leans on pedigree
Talent
0.21/yr blended
Horizon
5.5 control yrs
Tomás TelisC/1B·24y·B/R
−$4.5M−$4.5M± $32M exp surplusrealized −$5.6M 0.0± 4 exp WARrealized -0.9
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form -8.4/yr over 0.1 season
Talent
-0.57/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.