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December 13, 2024

MIL⇄NYY

unsettledToo soon to call — players still accruing.
MILMIL Matt Arnold net +$19.2M net +0.8
received +$19.2M+$19.2M ± $24M expected surplus · +$18.4M realized received 3.0 ± 3 expected · 2.2 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved MIL's 2025 odds 73% → 77% (+3.7 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Néstor CortésP·30y·R/L
+$17.1M+$17.1M± $11M exp surplusrealized −$4.8M 1.8± 1 exp WARrealized -0.5
Prior
league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 2.7/yr over 2.0 seasons
Talent
1.78/yr blended
Horizon
1.0 control yr
Caleb Durbin3B·25y·R/R
+$1.8M+$1.8M± $21M exp surplusrealized +$23.2M 1.2± 3 exp WARrealized 2.7
Prior
#427 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
NYYNYY Brian Cashman net −$19.2M net -0.8
received +$3.2M+$3.2M ± $11M expected surplus · −$0.8M realized received 1.1 ± 1 expected · 1.4 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved NYY's 2025 odds 90% → 88% (-1.9 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Devin WilliamsP·30y·R/R
+$3.2M+$3.2M± $11M exp surplusrealized −$0.8M 1.1± 1 exp WARrealized 1.4
Prior
league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 1.6/yr over 2.3 seasons
Talent
1.10/yr blended
Horizon
1.0 control yr
Fan verdict — who overpaid?

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.

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