Rosternomics
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March 24, 2016

CHCBAL

CHC won this trade +$0.0M surplus CHC won this trade +0.0 WAR
CHCCHC Theo Epstein 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
BALBAL Dan Duquette net +$0.0M net +0.0
received −$1.6M−$1.6M ± $22M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 0.2 ± 3 expected · 0.0 realized WAR
receives — most valuable first
Edgar OlmosP·26y·L/L
−$1.9M−$1.9M± $22M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 0.2± 3 exp WARrealized 0.0
Prior
#83 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form -0.7/yr over 0.3 season
Talent
0.04/yr blended
Horizon
4.0 control yrs

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.