March 22, 1996

Trade: Detroit TigersAthletics

Phil Plantier, Fausto Cruz and Ramón Fermín changed clubs, and none of them amounted to much for either side.

Detroit Tigers

franchise trade score

73better

Franchise trade score73

Rest of season85WAR in-0.4WAR out-1.0Net+0.6Net surplus$1.4M

Short term74WAR in-0.4WAR out-1.0Net+0.6Net surplus$1.4M

Control window73WAR in-0.4WAR out-1.0Net+0.6Net surplus$1.4M

Full tenure72WAR in-0.4WAR out-1.0Net+0.6Net surplus$1.4M

Athletics

franchise trade score

27worse

Franchise trade score27

Rest of season15WAR in-1.0WAR out-0.4Net-0.6Net surplus−$1.4M

Short term26WAR in-1.0WAR out-0.4Net-0.6Net surplus−$1.4M

Control window27WAR in-1.0WAR out-0.4Net-0.6Net surplus−$1.4M

Full tenure28WAR in-1.0WAR out-0.4Net-0.6Net surplus−$1.4M

Detroit Tigers received

Fausto CruzSS · 24 · pre-arb · 4 yrs control-0.4WAR (control) · 1 yr17

Rest of season9WAR-0.4wRC+36PA40Surplus−$0.7M

Short term16WAR-0.4wRC+36PA40Surplus−$0.7M

Control window18WAR-0.4wRC+36PA40Surplus−$0.7M

Full tenure19WAR-0.4wRC+36PA40Surplus−$0.7M

too little playing time to rate quality

On the day: -0.9 WAR over the prior three seasons, wRC+ 38.

Ramón FermínP · 24 · pre-arb · 5 yrs control0.0WAR (control)45

Rest of season47WAR0.0FIP−—IP0Surplus$0.0M

Short term45WAR0.0FIP−—IP0Surplus$0.0M

Control window45WAR0.0FIP−—IP0Surplus$0.0M

Full tenure45WAR0.0FIP−—IP0Surplus$0.0M

never reached the majors for DET

On the day: -0.1 WAR over the prior three seasons, FIP− 115.

Received	Status	Salary that year	Paid	WAR	$/WAR	Surplus
Fausto Cruz	pre-arb	est.	$0.1M	-0.4	—	−$0.7M
Ramón Fermín	pre-arb	est.	$0.0M	0.0	—	$0.0M
Total over the control window			$0.1M	-0.4	—	−$0.7M

Athletics received

Phil PlantierLF · 27 · FA eligible · 1 yr control-1.0WAR (control) · 1 yr8

Rest of season5WAR-1.0wRC+71PA263Surplus−$2.1M

Short term7WAR-1.0wRC+71PA263Surplus−$2.1M

Control window8WAR-1.0wRC+71PA263Surplus−$2.1M

Full tenure9WAR-1.0wRC+71PA263Surplus−$2.1M

On the day: +1.1 WAR over the prior three seasons, wRC+ 100, salary $500K.

Received	Status	Salary that year	Paid	WAR	$/WAR	Surplus
Phil Plantier	FA eligible	$500K	$0.4M	-1.0	—	−$2.1M
Total over the control window			$0.4M	-1.0	—	−$2.1M

What this became

Nobody acquired here was traded on.

Also that day

Richie Lewis, DET ⇄ SDP, 1996Detroit Tigers ⇄ San Diego Padres

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