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November 8, 1999

LADTOR

LAD won this trade +$164.8M surplus LAD won this trade +15.3 WAR
LADLAD Kevin Malone net +$164.8M net +15.3
received +$8.8M+$8.8M ± $21M expected surplus · +$93.6M realized received 4.0 ± 3 expected · 18.7 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved LAD's 2000 odds 36% → 43% (+6.9 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Shawn GreenOF·27y·L/L
+$8.8M+$8.8M± $21M exp surplusrealized +$93.6M 3.8± 3 exp WARrealized 18.7
Prior
league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.26/yr
Evidence
recent form 3.6/yr over 2.4 seasons
Talent
2.53/yr blended
Horizon
1.5 control yr
Jorge Nunez
+$0.3M+$0.3M± $4M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 0.2± 0 exp WARrealized 0.0
Unidentified minor-league throw-in — valued at the ~0.2 WAR base rate (most produce nothing)
TORTOR Gord Ash net −$164.8M net -15.3
received −$35.2M−$35.2M ± $22M expected surplus · −$71.2M realized received 3.4 ± 3 expected · 3.4 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved TOR's 2000 odds 22% → 17% (-4.5 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Pedro BorbónP·32y·R/L
−$3.8M−$3.8M± $6M exp surplusrealized −$5.6M 0.2± 1 exp WARrealized -0.4
Prior
league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 0.1/yr over 1.5 season
Talent
0.18/yr blended
Horizon
1.5 control yr × 0.68 age decline
Raúl MondesíOF·29y·R/R
−$31.5M−$31.5M± $21M exp surplusrealized −$65.6M 3.2± 3 exp WARrealized 3.8
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 3.0/yr over 2.6 seasons
Talent
2.16/yr blended
Horizon
1.5 control yr

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.