Tigers
1987 · 1 drafts · 43 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF | 3 | 30 | +25.5 |
| P | 2 | 2 | +2.0 |
| OF | 3 | -1 | -8.1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 30 | Travis Fryman | 3B | 30.4 | 2.2 | +28.2 |
| 1987 | 857 | Rusty Meacham | P | 2.5 | 0.1 | +2.4 |
| 1987 | 53 | Rob Richie | OF | 0.0 | 1.8 | -1.8 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 43 | 31.2 | 26.5 | +4.7 |
| Total | 43 | 31 | – | +4.7 |
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.