KCR⇄SEA

KCRKCR John Schuerholz net −$0.8M net +0.1

received −$4.8M−$4.8M ± $51M expected surplus · −$0.8M realized received 0.0 ± 6 expected · 0.1 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved KCR's 1987 odds 20% → 20% (+0.3 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Ross JonesSS·27y·R/R

−$4.5M−$4.5M± $51M exp surplusrealized −$0.8M 0.0± 6 exp WARrealized 0.1

Prior

no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr

Evidence

recent form -8.0/yr over 0.1 season

Talent

-0.26/yr blended

Horizon

5.5 control yrs

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SEASEA Dick Balderson net +$0.8M net -0.1

received +$2.4M+$2.4M ± $27M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.3 ± 3 expected · 0.0 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved SEA's 1987 odds 16% → 16% (-0.3 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Ricky RojasP

+$2.3M+$2.3M± $27M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.3± 3 exp WARrealized 0.0

Prior

#123 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

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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.