PIT⇄CHC

PITPIT Larry Doughty net +$3.2M net +0.3

received +$0.0M+$0.0M ± $11M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 0.2 ± 1 expected · 0.0 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved PIT's 1990 odds 71% → 72% (+1.2 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Greg Kallevig

+$0.3M+$0.3M± $11M 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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CHCCHC Jim Frey net −$3.2M net -0.3

received −$4.0M−$4.0M ± $24M expected surplus · −$3.2M realized received 0.0 ± 3 expected · -0.3 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved CHC's 1990 odds 1% → 1% (-0.1 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Randy KramerP·29y·R/R

−$3.7M−$3.7M± $24M exp surplusrealized −$3.2M 0.0± 3 exp WARrealized -0.3

Prior

no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr

Evidence

recent form -0.5/yr over 1.1 season

Talent

-0.11/yr blended

Horizon

5.0 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.