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December 22, 1999

SDPATL

ATL won this trade +$13.6M surplus SDP won this trade +12.7 WAR
SDPSDP Kevin Towers net −$13.6M net +12.7
received −$26.4M−$36.0M ± $29M expected surplus · −$19.2M realized received 3.9 ± 4 expected · 16.9 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved SDP's 2000 odds 2% → 2% (+0.2 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Jason ShiellP·23y·R/R
+$1.8M+$1.8M± $22M exp surplusrealized −$0.8M 1.2± 3 exp WARrealized -0.0
Prior
#1328 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
Bret Boone2B·31y·R/R
−$9.8M−$18.7M± $10M exp surplusrealized −$10.4M 0.4± 1 exp WARrealized 0.3
Prior
league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 0.3/yr over 2.6 seasons
Talent
0.30/yr blended
Horizon
1.5 control yr × 0.85 age decline
Ryan Klesko1B/OF·29y·L/L
−$18.6M−$18.6M± $17M exp surplusrealized −$8.0M 2.3± 2 exp WARrealized 16.6
Prior
league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 2.2/yr over 2.3 seasons
Talent
1.55/yr blended
Horizon
1.5 control yr
ATLATL John Schuerholz net +$13.6M net -12.7
received +$23.2M+$19.2M ± $26M expected surplus · −$5.6M realized received 5.9 ± 3 expected · 4.2 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved ATL's 2000 odds 80% → 78% (-1.9 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Reggie SandersOF·32y·R/R
+$38.6M+$34.4M± $21M exp surplusrealized −$10.4M 3.9± 3 exp WARrealized 0.2
Prior
league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 4.0/yr over 2.2 seasons
Talent
2.66/yr blended
Horizon
1.5 control yr × 0.98 age decline
Quilvio Veras2B·29y·B/R
−$5.1M−$5.1M± $17M exp surplusrealized +$14.4M 2.0± 2 exp WARrealized 3.8
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 2.0/yr over 2.2 seasons
Talent
1.35/yr blended
Horizon
1.5 control yr
Wally Joyner1B·38y·L/L
−$10.3M−$10.3M± $0M exp surplusrealized −$9.6M 0.0± 0 exp WARrealized 0.2
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 2.4/yr over 2.3 seasons
Talent
1.67/yr blended
Horizon
0.0 control yr

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.