ATL⇄ANA

ATLATL John Hart net +$5.6M net +0.2

received +$2.4M+$2.4M ± $22M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.3 ± 3 expected · 0.0 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved ATL's 2018 odds 40% → 41% (+1.1 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Justin KellyP·25y·L/L

+$2.3M+$2.3M± $22M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.3± 3 exp WARrealized 0.0

Prior

#996 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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ANAANA Billy Eppler net −$5.6M net -0.2

received +$0.0M+$0.0M ± $7M expected surplus · −$5.6M realized received 0.4 ± 1 expected · -0.2 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved ANA's 2018 odds 12% → 11% (-0.5 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Jim JohnsonP·35y·R/R

−$0.3M−$0.3M± $7M exp surplusrealized −$5.6M 0.4± 1 exp WARrealized -0.2

Prior

league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.21/yr

Evidence

recent form 0.5/yr over 2.8 seasons

Talent

0.42/yr blended

Horizon

1.0 control yr

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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.