OAK⇄HOU

OAKOAK Billy Beane net +$87.2M net +9.5

received +$1.6M+$1.6M ± $21M expected surplus · +$87.2M realized received 1.2 ± 3 expected · 9.5 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved OAK's 2018 odds 48% → 59% (+10.7 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Ramón LaureanoOF·23y·R/R

+$1.8M+$1.8M± $21M exp surplusrealized +$87.2M 1.2± 3 exp WARrealized 9.5

Prior

#466 overall draft pick — at the 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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HOUHOU Jeff Luhnow net −$87.2M net -9.5

received +$1.6M+$1.6M ± $21M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.2 ± 3 expected · 0.0 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved HOU's 2018 odds 99% → 99% (-0.3 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Brandon BaileyP·23y·R/R

+$1.8M+$1.8M± $21M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.2± 3 exp WARrealized -0.0

Prior

#172 overall draft pick — at the 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.