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1985, 1987–1997 · 12 drafts · 695 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| OF | 18 | 130 | +97.7 |
| P | 49 | 134 | +77.4 |
| IF | 16 | 71 | +48.1 |
| C | 9 | 23 | +9.6 |
Position from each player's primary MLB fielding spot; never-MLB picks excluded. This table is descriptive, not a skill ranking — per-position DVOS isn't reliable at this granularity (split-half ≈ 0 for P/OF, a small-sample mirage for C). The one reliable position cut is Hitter vs Pitcher: drafting hitters (C/IF/OF) above slot repeats (split-half +0.54, the KPI above), but drafting pitchers above slot does not (≈ 0) — so we rank Hitter DVOS and leave pitcher out.
| Yr | Ovr | Player | Pos | fWAR | Exp | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 49 | Carlos Beltrán | OF | 67.4 | 2.4 | +65.0 |
| 1987 | 9 | Kevin Appier | P | 50.4 | 7.9 | +42.5 |
| 1992 | 35 | Johnny Damon | OF | 44.4 | 2.9 | +41.5 |
| 1992 | 44 | Jon Lieber | P | 36.4 | 2.4 | +34.0 |
| 1987 | 1225 | Jeff Conine | 1B | 22.0 | 0.1 | +22.0 |
| 1991 | 262 | Mike Sweeney | 1B | 21.1 | 0.5 | +20.7 |
| 1991 | 288 | Joe Randa | 3B | 20.2 | 0.5 | +19.7 |
| 1993 | 469 | Glendon Rusch | P | 19.8 | 0.2 | +19.6 |
| 1985 | 97 | Mike Macfarlane | C | 15.7 | 1.1 | +14.7 |
| 1985 | 17 | Brian McRae | OF | 13.4 | 6.0 | +7.4 |
| 1994 | 331 | José Rosado | P | 11.6 | 0.3 | +11.3 |
| 1992 | 10 | Michael Tucker | OF | 10.0 | 7.9 | +2.1 |
| 1997 | 91 | Jeremy Affeldt | P | 5.6 | 1.1 | +4.5 |
| 1989 | 13 | Brent Mayne | C | 5.1 | 8.0 | -2.8 |
| 1996 | 799 | Kiko Calero | P | 5.1 | 0.1 | +5.1 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 30 | 29.0 | 19.8 | +9.2 |
| 1987 | 74 | 71.8 | 24.4 | +47.3 |
| 1988 | 49 | 8.6 | 20.9 | -12.3 |
| 1989 | 61 | 5.3 | 25.4 | -20.0 |
| 1990 | 55 | -1.1 | 11.1 | -12.3 |
| 1991 | 62 | 46.7 | 25.1 | +21.6 |
| 1992 | 53 | 88.2 | 33.7 | +54.4 |
| 1993 | 65 | 21.1 | 19.8 | +1.3 |
| 1994 | 71 | 9.7 | 21.2 | -11.4 |
| 1995 | 70 | 69.5 | 21.3 | +48.2 |
| 1996 | 56 | 1.6 | 19.7 | -18.1 |
| 1997 | 49 | 7.6 | 21.0 | -13.4 |
| Total | 695 | 358 | – | +94.4 |
DVOS = Σ (a pick's career fWAR − the expected fWAR for that overall slot), credited to the scouting director SABR lists for that draft. We only attribute years with one unambiguous director on record; years where SABR lists multiple names (handoffs/overlaps) or none are left out, so a director's record here may skip years he was involved in — see the coverage note on the leaderboard. Single drafts are noise-dominated — one star swamps a class — so read the multi-year totals, not any one year. Full method on the DVOS page.