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January 1, 2012

TORCHW

CHW won this trade +$1.6M surplus TOR won this trade +0.6 WAR
TORTOR Alex Anthopoulos net −$1.6M net +0.6
received −$4.0M−$4.0M ± $6M expected surplus · −$5.6M realized received 0.4 ± 1 expected · 0.2 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved TOR's 2012 odds 1% → 1% (+0 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Jason FrasorP·34y·R/R
−$4.3M−$4.3M± $6M exp surplusrealized −$5.6M 0.4± 1 exp WARrealized 0.2
Prior
league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 0.5/yr over 2.8 seasons
Talent
0.44/yr blended
Horizon
1.0 control yr
CHWCHW Kenny Williams net +$1.6M net -0.6
received +$3.2M+$3.2M ± $30M expected surplus · −$4.0M realized received 2.4 ± 4 expected · -0.4 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved CHW's 2012 odds 27% → 26% (-1 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Myles JayeP·20y·B/R
+$1.8M+$1.8M± $22M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.2± 3 exp WARrealized 0.0
Prior
#516 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
Daniel WebbP·22y·R/R
+$1.8M+$1.8M± $22M exp surplusrealized −$4.0M 1.2± 3 exp WARrealized -0.4
Prior
#378 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

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.