January 16, 1986

Trade: Detroit TigersMinnesota Twins

Chris Pittaro, Alejandro Sánchez and Dave Engle changed clubs, and none of them amounted to much for either side.

Detroit Tigers

franchise trade score

67better

Franchise trade score67

Rest of season79WAR in-0.0WAR out-0.7Net+0.7Net surplus$0.4M

Short term68WAR in-0.0WAR out-0.7Net+0.7Net surplus$0.4M

Control window67WAR in-0.0WAR out-0.7Net+0.7Net surplus$0.4M

Full tenure66WAR in-0.0WAR out-0.7Net+0.7Net surplus$0.4M

Minnesota Twins

franchise trade score

33worse

Franchise trade score33

Rest of season21WAR in-0.7WAR out-0.0Net-0.7Net surplus−$0.4M

Short term32WAR in-0.7WAR out-0.0Net-0.7Net surplus−$0.4M

Control window33WAR in-0.7WAR out-0.0Net-0.7Net surplus−$0.4M

Full tenure34WAR in-0.7WAR out-0.0Net-0.7Net surplus−$0.4M

MIN won the World Series in 1987

Detroit Tigers received

Dave EngleC · 30 · arb 3 · 1 yr control-0.0WAR (control) · 1 yr35

Rest of season21WAR-0.0wRC+82PA93Surplus−$0.1M

Short term33WAR-0.0wRC+82PA93Surplus−$0.1M

Control window36WAR-0.0wRC+82PA93Surplus−$0.1M

Full tenure36WAR-0.0wRC+82PA93Surplus−$0.1M

too little playing time to rate quality

On the day: +2.5 WAR over the prior three seasons, wRC+ 109.

Received	Status	Salary that year	Paid	WAR	$/WAR	Surplus
Dave Engle	arb 3	est.	$0.1M	-0.0	—	−$0.1M
Total over the control window			$0.1M	-0.0	—	−$0.1M

Minnesota Twins received

Chris Pittaro3B · 25 · pre-arb · 5 yrs control-0.4WAR (control) · 2 yr20

Rest of season11WAR-0.4wRC+-61PA21Surplus−$0.2M

Short term18WAR-0.4wRC+-1PA34Surplus−$0.3M

Control window20WAR-0.4wRC+-1PA34Surplus−$0.3M

Full tenure21WAR-0.4wRC+-1PA34Surplus−$0.3M

too little playing time to rate quality

On the day: -0.1 WAR over the prior three seasons, wRC+ 75.

Alejandro SánchezRF · 27 · arb 2 · 2 yrs control-0.3WAR (control) · 1 yr24

Rest of season14WAR-0.3wRC+-20PA17Surplus−$0.2M

Short term23WAR-0.3wRC+-20PA17Surplus−$0.2M

Control window25WAR-0.3wRC+-20PA17Surplus−$0.2M

Full tenure25WAR-0.3wRC+-20PA17Surplus−$0.2M

too little playing time to rate quality

On the day: -0.9 WAR over the prior three seasons, wRC+ 90.

Received	Status	Salary that year	Paid	WAR	$/WAR	Surplus
Chris Pittaro	pre-arb	est.	$0.1M	-0.4	—	−$0.3M
Alejandro Sánchez	arb 2	est.	$0.1M	-0.3	—	−$0.2M
Total over the control window			$0.2M	-0.7	—	−$0.5M

What this became

Nobody acquired here was traded on.

Also that day

Tim Teufel, MIN ⇄ NYM, 1986Minnesota Twins ⇄ New York Mets Jeff Bittiger, NYM ⇄ PHI, 1986New York Mets ⇄ Philadelphia Phillies

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