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November 19, 2004

ANAWSN

ANA won this trade +$59.2M surplus ANA won this trade +14.1 WAR
ANAANA Bill Stoneman net +$59.2M net +14.1
received +$17.6M+$17.6M ± $58M expected surplus · +$76.8M realized received 4.2 ± 7 expected · 17.6 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved ANA's 2005 odds 61% → 47% (-13.4 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Juan RiveraOF·26y·R/R
+$21.2M+$21.2M± $50M exp surplusrealized +$15.2M 4.0± 6 exp WARrealized 5.4
Prior
league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 1.4/yr over 1.2 season
Talent
0.80/yr blended
Horizon
5.0 control yrs
Maicer Izturis2B/3B·24y·B/R
−$3.4M−$3.4M± $30M exp surplusrealized +$61.6M 0.2± 4 exp WARrealized 12.2
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form -1.0/yr over 0.2 season
Talent
0.03/yr blended
Horizon
5.5 control yrs
WSNWSN Omar Minaya net −$59.2M net -14.1
received −$3.2M−$3.2M ± $15M expected surplus · +$17.6M realized received 1.9 ± 2 expected · 3.5 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved WSN's 2005 odds 5% → 8% (+3.3 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
José GuillénOF·29y·R/R
−$3.5M−$3.5M± $15M exp surplusrealized +$17.6M 1.9± 2 exp WARrealized 3.5
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 1.9/yr over 2.2 seasons
Talent
1.29/yr blended
Horizon
1.5 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.