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September 21, 1987

DETCHC

CHC won this trade +$0.8M surplus DET won this trade +0.0 WAR
DETDET Bill Lajoie net −$0.8M net +0.0
received −$3.2M−$3.2M ± $10M expected surplus · −$0.8M realized received 0.0 ± 1 expected · 0.0 realized WAR
receives — most valuable first
Dickie NolesP·30y·R/R
−$3.0M−$3.0M± $10M exp surplusrealized −$0.8M 0.0± 1 exp WARrealized 0.0
Prior
no pedigree — league baseline → 0.21/yr
Evidence
recent form -0.1/yr over 1.6 season
Talent
0.01/yr blended
Horizon
4.0 control yrs × 0.25 age decline
CHCCHC Dallas Green net +$0.8M net +0.0
received +$0.0M+$0.0M ± $0M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 0.0 ± 0 expected · 0.0 realized WAR
receives — most valuable first
cash / PTBNL
+$0.0M+$0.0M± $0M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 0.0± 0 exp WARrealized 0.0
Cash or player to be named — no projection

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.