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November 11, 1998

ARIBOS

ARI won this trade +$1.6M surplus ARI won this trade +0.1 WAR
ARIARI Joe Garagiola net +$1.6M net +0.1
received +$1.6M+$1.6M ± $23M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.2 ± 3 expected · 0.0 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved ARI's 1999 odds 85% → 85% (+0.2 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Bart MiadichP·23y·R/R
+$1.8M+$1.8M± $23M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.2± 3 exp WARrealized 0.0
Prior
#1326 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
BOSBOS Dan Duquette net −$1.6M net -0.1
received +$1.6M+$1.6M ± $18M expected surplus · −$1.6M realized received 0.7 ± 2 expected · -0.1 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved BOS's 1999 odds 81% → 81% (-0.3 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Bob WolcottP·25y·R/R
+$1.4M+$1.4M± $18M exp surplusrealized −$1.6M 0.7± 2 exp WARrealized -0.1
Prior
#52 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 0.3/yr over 1.1 season
Talent
0.24/yr blended
Horizon
3.0 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.