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July 30, 2021

PHITEX

PHI won this trade +$21.6M surplus PHI won this trade +3.2 WAR
PHIPHI Dave Dombrowski net +$21.6M net +3.2
received +$8.8M+$8.8M ± $24M expected surplus · +$16.8M realized received 3.1 ± 3 expected · 2.4 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved PHI's 2021 odds 20% → 22% (+2.4 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Ian KennedyP·36y·R/R
+$4.9M+$4.9M± $7M exp surplusrealized −$4.0M 0.6± 1 exp WARrealized -0.4
Prior
league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.28/yr
Evidence
recent form 0.8/yr over 2.2 seasons
Talent
0.59/yr blended
Horizon
1.0 control yr
Kyle GibsonP·33y·R/R
+$2.6M+$2.6M± $11M exp surplusrealized +$21.6M 1.3± 1 exp WARrealized 3.0
Prior
league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.31/yr
Evidence
recent form 1.9/yr over 2.1 seasons
Talent
1.35/yr blended
Horizon
1.0 control yr
Hans CrouseP·22y·L/R
+$1.8M+$1.8M± $20M exp surplusrealized −$0.8M 1.2± 2 exp WARrealized -0.2
Prior
Composite #79.0 prospect (Baseball America #73 (2019) / MLB Pipeline #85 (2019)) — fell off 2 lists since, regressed — 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
TEXTEX Jon Daniels net −$21.6M net -3.2
received +$13.6M+$13.6M ± $45M expected surplus · −$4.8M realized received 4.6 ± 6 expected · -0.8 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved TEX's 2021 odds 0% → 0% (-0.1 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Spencer HowardP·24y·R/R
+$11.0M+$11.0M± $39M exp surplusrealized −$4.8M 3.1± 5 exp WARrealized -0.8
Prior
Composite #34.5 pedigree (Baseball America #27 (2021) / MLB Pipeline #42 (2021)) → 0.68/yr
Evidence
recent form -0.1/yr over 0.2 season
Talent
0.56/yr blended
Horizon
5.5 control yrs
Kevin GowdyP·23y·R/R
+$2.3M+$2.3M± $22M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.3± 3 exp WARrealized 0.0
Prior
#42 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
Josh Gessner
+$0.3M+$0.3M± $6M 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)

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.