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January 7, 2023

DETPHI

unsettledToo soon to call — players still accruing.
DETDET Scott Harris net +$4.8M net +1.3
received +$16.8M+$16.8M ± $42M expected surplus · +$9.6M realized received 5.6 ± 5 expected · 2.5 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved DET's 2023 odds 3% → 3% (-0.2 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Matt VierlingOF·26y·R/R
+$9.4M+$9.4M± $26M exp surplusrealized +$16.0M 2.0± 3 exp WARrealized 3.6
Prior
league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 0.7/yr over 0.9 season
Talent
0.40/yr blended
Horizon
5.0 control yrs
Nick Maton2B/3B·26y·L/R
+$8.1M+$8.1M± $28M exp surplusrealized −$6.4M 2.8± 4 exp WARrealized -1.1
Prior
#203 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 1.5/yr over 0.5 season
Talent
0.56/yr blended
Horizon
5.0 control yrs
Donny SandsC/DH·27y·R/R
−$0.3M−$0.3M± $19M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 0.8± 2 exp WARrealized 0.0
Prior
#243 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form -2.2/yr over 0.0 season
Talent
0.17/yr blended
Horizon
5.5 control yrs × 0.80 age decline
PHIPHI Dave Dombrowski net −$4.8M net -1.3
received +$4.0M+$4.0M ± $22M expected surplus · +$4.8M realized received 1.0 ± 3 expected · 1.2 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved PHI's 2023 odds 72% → 74% (+1.5 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Gregory SotoP·28y·L/L
+$8.4M+$8.4M± $14M exp surplusrealized +$6.4M 1.0± 2 exp WARrealized 1.3
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 0.4/yr over 2.3 seasons
Talent
0.33/yr blended
Horizon
3.0 control yrs
Kody Clemens1B·27y·L/R
−$4.5M−$4.5M± $16M exp surplusrealized −$1.6M 0.0± 2 exp WARrealized -0.1
Prior
#79 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form -0.7/yr over 0.4 season
Talent
0.00/yr blended
Horizon
5.5 control yrs × 0.73 age decline
Fan verdict — who overpaid?

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.