PIT⇄BAL

PITPIT Ben Cherington net +$0.8M net +0.1

received −$2.4M−$2.4M ± $6M expected surplus · +$0.8M realized received 0.1 ± 1 expected · 0.1 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved PIT's 2021 odds 0% → 0% (+0 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Taylor DavisC·31y·R/R

−$2.4M−$2.4M± $6M exp surplusrealized +$0.8M 0.1± 1 exp WARrealized 0.1

Prior

#1456 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr

Evidence

recent form -1.6/yr over 0.1 season

Talent

0.12/yr blended

Horizon

3.9 control yrs × 0.26 age decline

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BALBAL Mike Elias net −$0.8M net -0.1

received +$0.0M+$0.0M ± $6M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 0.2 ± 1 expected · 0.0 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved BAL's 2021 odds 0% → 0% (-0 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Jose Berroa

+$0.3M+$0.3M± $6M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 0.2± 1 exp WARrealized 0.0

Unidentified minor-league throw-in — valued at the ~0.2 WAR base rate (most produce nothing)

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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.