NYY⇄COL

NYYNYY Brian Cashman net +$1.6M net +0.6

received +$1.6M+$1.6M ± $21M expected surplus · −$1.6M realized received 1.2 ± 3 expected · 0.1 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved NYY's 2001 odds 59% → 61% (+2.5 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Jorge De PaulaP·22y·R/R

+$1.8M+$1.8M± $21M exp surplusrealized −$1.6M 1.2± 3 exp WARrealized 0.1

Prior

no pedigree — 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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COLCOL Daniel O'Dowd net −$1.6M net -0.6

received +$0.8M+$0.8M ± $22M expected surplus · −$3.2M realized received 1.0 ± 3 expected · -0.5 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved COL's 2001 odds 28% → 26% (-2.1 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Craig DingmanP·27y·R/R

+$0.7M+$0.7M± $22M exp surplusrealized −$3.2M 1.0± 3 exp WARrealized -0.5

Prior

#1009 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr

Evidence

recent form 0.3/yr over 0.3 season

Talent

0.23/yr blended

Horizon

5.5 control yrs × 0.80 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.