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April 7, 2022

BALSEA

unsettledToo soon to call — players still accruing.
BALBAL Mike Elias net +$0.0M net +0.0
received +$0.0M+$0.0M ± $0M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 0.0 ± 0 expected · 0.0 realized WAR
receives — most valuable first
cash / PTBNL
+$0.0M+$0.0M± $0M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 0.0± 0 exp WARrealized 0.0
Cash or player to be named — no projection
SEASEA Jerry Dipoto net +$0.0M net +0.0
received +$0.8M+$0.8M ± $23M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.0 ± 3 expected · 0.0 realized WAR
receives — most valuable first
Mason McCoySS·27y·R/R
+$0.7M+$0.7M± $23M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.0± 3 exp WARrealized 0.0
Prior
#188 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 × 0.82 age decline
Fan verdict — who overpaid?

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.