Everybody has gone home from the fictional city of National Harbor, Maryland, after a week of making high-stakes trades and signings of a decidedly nonfictional nature. With the free-agent market being one of the weakest markets?-- if not the?weakest market -- ever, a lot of the focus of baseballs la

Everybody has gone home from the fictional city of National Harbor, Maryland, after a week of making high-stakes trades and signings of a decidedly nonfictional nature. With the free-agent market being one of the weakest markets?-- if not the?weakest market -- ever, a lot of the focus of baseballs largest conclave was on a few giant trades. And one Giant trade.Because trades are all about the future, given that nobodys actually playing games at this moment and trading/signing the past exists only in science fiction and in the minds of executives who acquire Matt Kemp, weve run the ZiPS projection for each player who shuffled around this week.The teams are ranked by surplus value (expressed in wins), the projected difference between the total number of projected wins they picked up and the projected salary they expect to pay for the wins. However, dont assume this is a list of best-to-worst because its not. Surplus value is a tool, a basic number to look at, but teams rightly dont value all wins the same. Time is a very big deal in baseball, and if you have good reasons to believe that wins right now can get you to the playoffs or even to a champagne drenching in late October, giving up more wins much later to get wins now is not only justifiable but downright smart. After all, a Ferrari is a lot more valuable than a bucket of water, but if youre dying of thirst in a desert, youd much rather use $50,000 and overpay for the water than underpay for the Ferrari. OK, thats an extreme situation -- you wont typically find merchants in the Sahara Desert offering great deals on sports cars -- but you get the idea. Chicago White Sox: plus-31.8 wins. Yup, the Sox did darn well trading two of their core players in Chris Sale and Adam Eaton. No single player is a guarantee for stardom, although ZiPS does see Yoan Moncada peaking at four wins a season as the average result. But the amount of talent for the future they picked up was tremendous. This was the winter for the White Sox to start a rebuild. Although there were possible scenarios the past two years in which the team was playoff-relevant, the fact remains that they didnt work out, and the teams window of opportunity was nearly shut. In a market in which money cant buy great players because theyre simply not out there, what better time to shop players who would each be the most sought-after free agent if he had in fact been a free agent? Reggie White Super Bowl Jersey . Parker had 26 points and eight assists and San Antonio beat Toronto 112-99 Monday night. "We won that game because of Tony Parkers aggressiveness," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "His juice; his aggression all night long. Oren Burks Super Bowl Jersey . -- Matt Rupert scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the London Knights extended their win streak to nine games by defeating the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. http://www.shoptheofficialpackers.com/Elite-Aaron-Rodgers-Packers-Jersey/ . The team says the Spain international has a muscle pull in his right leg. Barcelona hosts third-division side Cartagena in the return leg of their round-of-32 tie after winning their first meeting 4-1. Adrian Amos Super Bowl Jersey . LOUIS -- Valtteri Filppula assisted on three of Tampa Bays four goals, and the Lightning beat the St. Corey Linsley Super Bowl Jersey . Burke is expected to miss two to three months after breaking a finger in the teams third preseason game. Tinsley, a 10-year veteran, spent the last two seasons in Utah, where the point guard averaged 3. TOKYO -- Staging games in Fukushima for the 2020 Olympics will not present any health risk to players, the president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation said Friday.Tokyo Olympic organizers are planning to hold part of the baseball and softball competition in the region devastated by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.The WBSC held an under-15 baseball tournament in Fukushima this year. Cuba beat Japan to defend its title.From the data I have received, the situation is not dangerous in Fukushima, WBSC president Riccardo Fraccari said. The situation is fine now so I dont think we will have any problems three years on.Holdingg Olympic events in the disaster-affected areas could send a powerful message of reconstruction.ddddddddddddFraccari is scheduled to visit Fukushima on Saturday for an inspection tour of several proposed stadiums.We just staged the under-15 tournament in Fukushima and I know how passionate the people there are about baseball, Fraccari said. The main issues for me are the facilities and the schedule.The IOC is expected make a final decision on the location in Fukushima Prefecture at its Dec. 6-8 executive board meeting. ' ' '