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June 18, 1989

PHISFG

PHI won this trade +$181.6M surplus PHI won this trade +18.5 WAR
PHIPHI Lee Thomas net +$181.6M net +18.5
received +$20.0M+$20.0M ± $55M expected surplus · +$147.2M realized received 4.0 ± 7 expected · 17.9 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved PHI's 1989 odds 0% → 0% (+0.1 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Dennis CookP·26y·L/L
+$14.2M+$14.2M± $27M exp surplusrealized +$5.6M 2.3± 3 exp WARrealized 0.7
Prior
#446 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 2.4/yr over 0.1 season
Talent
0.43/yr blended
Horizon
5.5 control yrs × 0.97 age decline
Terry MulhollandP·26y·R/L
+$8.8M+$8.8M± $23M exp surplusrealized +$138.4M 1.4± 3 exp WARrealized 14.2
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 1.0/yr over 0.5 season
Talent
0.45/yr blended
Horizon
3.0 control yrs
Charlie Hayes3B·24y·R/R
−$2.9M−$2.9M± $42M exp surplusrealized +$3.2M 0.3± 5 exp WARrealized 3.0
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form -3.8/yr over 0.0 season
Talent
0.06/yr blended
Horizon
5.5 control yrs
SFGSFG Al Rosen net −$181.6M net -18.5
received +$8.0M+$8.0M ± $31M expected surplus · −$34.4M realized received 1.9 ± 4 expected · -0.6 realized WAR
Playoff odds: this deal moved SFG's 1989 odds 57% → 48% (-8.8 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗
receives — most valuable first
Steve BedrosianP·31y·R/R
+$7.0M+$7.0M± $14M exp surplusrealized −$32.8M 0.8± 2 exp WARrealized -0.7
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form 0.7/yr over 2.3 seasons
Talent
0.50/yr blended
Horizon
2.0 control yrs × 0.84 age decline
Rick ParkerOF·26y·R/R
+$1.3M+$1.3M± $28M exp surplusrealized −$1.6M 1.1± 4 exp WARrealized 0.1
Prior
#408 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 × 0.96 age decline

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.