SEA⇄NYY

SEASEA Woody Woodward net +$9.6M net +0.2

received +$2.4M+$2.4M ± $32M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.3 ± 4 expected · 0.0 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved SEA's 1989 odds 12% → 11% (-0.7 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Dana RidenourP·23y·R/R

+$2.3M+$2.3M± $32M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.3± 4 exp WARrealized 0.0

Prior

#418 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

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NYYNYY Bob Quinn net −$9.6M net -0.2

received −$0.8M−$0.8M ± $10M expected surplus · −$9.6M realized received 0.2 ± 1 expected · -0.2 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved NYY's 1989 odds 9% → 10% (+0.6 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Steve Balboni1B/DH·32y·R/R

−$0.4M−$0.4M± $10M exp surplusrealized −$9.6M 0.2± 1 exp WARrealized -0.2

Prior

no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr

Evidence

recent form 0.1/yr over 2.0 seasons

Talent

0.16/yr blended

Horizon

2.0 control yrs × 0.50 age decline

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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.