June 13, 2025 · Cash considerations

Trade: Houston AstrosTampa Bay Rays

Cash considerations is the whole of what changed hands besides Forrest Whitley.

Houston Astros
franchise trade score · provisional
72better
Franchise trade score72
Rest of season84WAR in0.0WAR out-0.2Net+0.2Net surplus$2.1M
Short term74WAR in0.0WAR out-0.2Net+0.2Net surplus$2.1M
Control window72WAR in0.0WAR out-0.2Net+0.2Net surplus$2.1M
Full tenure71WAR in0.0WAR out-0.2Net+0.2Net surplus$2.1M
Tampa Bay Rays
franchise trade score · provisional
28worse
Franchise trade score28
Rest of season16WAR in-0.2WAR out0.0Net-0.2Net surplus−$2.1M
Short term26WAR in-0.2WAR out0.0Net-0.2Net surplus−$2.1M
Control window28WAR in-0.2WAR out0.0Net-0.2Net surplus−$2.1M
Full tenure29WAR in-0.2WAR out0.0Net-0.2Net surplus−$2.1M

Houston Astros received

CashWAR (control)

Not rated — cash.

Tampa Bay Rays received

Forrest WhitleyP · 28 · pre-arb · 6 yrs control-0.2WAR (control) · 1 yr17
Rest of season9WAR-0.2FIP−131IP5Surplus−$2.1M
Short term16WAR-0.2FIP−131IP5Surplus−$2.1M
Control window18WAR-0.2FIP−131IP5Surplus−$2.1M
Full tenure19WAR-0.2FIP−131IP5Surplus−$2.1M

too little playing time to rate quality

On the day: +0.0 WAR over the prior three seasons, FIP− 93, salary $760K.

ReceivedStatusSalary that yearPaidWAR$/WARSurplus
Forrest Whitleypre-arb$760K$0.4M-0.2−$2.1M
Total over the control window$0.4M-0.2−$2.1M

What this became

Nobody acquired here was traded on.

Also that day

Andrew Vaughn, CHW ⇄ MIL, 2025Chicago White Sox ⇄ Milwaukee Brewers

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