TOR⇄BOS

TORTOR JP Ricciardi net +$4.8M net +0.3

received +$1.6M+$1.6M ± $21M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.2 ± 3 expected · 0.2 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved TOR's 2004 odds 2% → 2% (+0.1 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

John Hattig3B·24y·B/R

+$1.8M+$1.8M± $21M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.2± 3 exp WARrealized 0.2

Prior

#745 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

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BOSBOS Theo Epstein net −$4.8M net -0.3

received +$5.6M+$4.8M ± $14M expected surplus · −$4.8M realized received 1.8 ± 2 expected · -0.1 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved BOS's 2004 odds 72% → 71% (-0.6 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Terry AdamsP·31y·R/R

+$5.6M+$4.6M± $14M exp surplusrealized −$4.8M 1.8± 2 exp WARrealized -0.1

Prior

league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.21/yr

Evidence

recent form 1.7/yr over 2.8 seasons

Talent

1.27/yr blended

Horizon

1.5 control yr × 0.96 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.