Rosternomics
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November 20, 2019

CINTBR

TBR won this trade +$0.8M surplus CIN won this trade +0.1 WAR
CINCIN Dick Williams net −$0.8M net +0.1
received −$0.8M−$0.8M ± $14M expected surplus · −$0.8M realized received 0.2 ± 2 expected · 0.1 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved CIN's 2020 odds 33% → 31% (-1.4 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
José De LeónP·27y·R/R
−$1.2M−$1.2M± $14M exp surplusrealized −$0.8M 0.2± 2 exp WARrealized 0.1
Prior
#724 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form -1.0/yr over 0.2 season
Talent
0.08/yr blended
Horizon
3.0 control yrs
TBRTBR Erik Neander net +$0.8M net -0.1
received +$0.0M+$0.0M ± $0M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 0.0 ± 0 expected · 0.0 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved TBR's 2020 odds 60% → 62% (+1.5 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
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

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.