HOU⇄DET

HOUHOU Bill Wood net +$0.0M net +0.0

received −$4.8M−$4.8M ± $37M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 0.0 ± 5 expected · 0.0 realized WAR

receives — most valuable first

Doug Strange2B/3B·26y·B/R

−$4.5M−$4.5M± $37M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 0.0± 5 exp WARrealized 0.0

Prior

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

Evidence

recent form -1.4/yr over 0.4 season

Talent

-0.21/yr blended

Horizon

5.5 control yrs

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DETDET Bill Lajoie net +$0.0M net +0.0

received +$1.6M+$1.6M ± $30M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.2 ± 4 expected · 0.0 realized WAR

receives — most valuable first

Lou FrazierOF·25y·B/R

+$1.8M+$1.8M± $30M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.2± 4 exp WARrealized 0.0

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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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.