HOU⇄COL

HOUHOU Gerry Hunsicker net +$3.2M net +0.3

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 HOU's 2003 odds 57% → 58% (+1.5 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Victor HallCF·22y·L/L

+$2.3M+$2.3M± $23M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.3± 3 exp WARrealized 0.0

Prior

#373 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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COLCOL Daniel O'Dowd net −$3.2M net -0.3

received −$0.8M−$1.6M ± $8M expected surplus · −$3.2M realized received 0.2 ± 1 expected · -0.3 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved COL's 2003 odds 2% → 2% (-0.1 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Nelson CruzP·30y·R/R

−$0.6M−$1.4M± $8M exp surplusrealized −$3.2M 0.2± 1 exp WARrealized -0.3

Prior

no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr

Evidence

recent form 0.2/yr over 2.4 seasons

Talent

0.20/yr blended

Horizon

1.5 control yr × 0.77 age decline

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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.