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December 22, 1999

CHCSDP

CHC won this trade +$1.6M surplus CHC won this trade +0.1 WAR
CHCCHC Ed Lynch net +$1.6M net +0.1
received +$2.4M+$2.4M ± $23M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.3 ± 3 expected · 0.0 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved CHC's 2000 odds 2% → 2% (+0.1 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Brandon PernellRF·23y·R/R
+$2.3M+$2.3M± $23M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.3± 3 exp WARrealized 0.0
Prior
#509 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
no MLB track record — leans on pedigree
Talent
0.21/yr blended
Horizon
6.0 control yrs
SDPSDP Kevin Towers net −$1.6M net -0.1
received +$0.0M+$0.0M ± $25M expected surplus · −$1.6M realized received 0.6 ± 3 expected · -0.1 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved SDP's 2000 odds 2% → 2% (-0.1 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Dan SerafiniP·26y·B/L
+$0.2M+$0.2M± $25M exp surplusrealized −$1.6M 0.6± 3 exp WARrealized -0.1
Prior
#26 overall draft pick → 0.35/yr
Evidence
recent form -0.0/yr over 1.7 season
Talent
0.14/yr blended
Horizon
4.0 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.