Rosternomics

โ† all scouting directors

Bob Fontaine Jr

Angels, Mariners

1989โ€“1994, 1997โ€“1999, 2004โ€“2008 ยท 14 drafts ยท 718 picks

Early-Round Selection
+8.8
#41 of 172
rds 1โ€“10, cost-ctrl
Late-Round Value
-20.3
#151 of 172
rds 11+, total career
Total DVOS
-30.1
#115 of 172
-2.15/draft
Hitter DVOS
+48.9
#52 of 172
reliable skill (+0.54)
Career fWAR drafted
253
#21 of 172

Value by position โ€” where the value came from (descriptive)

PosPicksfWARDVOS
OF1584 +64.9
P59144 +61.3
IF1836 +12.2
C12-10 -28.2

Position from each player's primary MLB fielding spot; never-MLB picks excluded. This table is descriptive, not a skill ranking โ€” per-position DVOS isn't reliable at this granularity (split-half โ‰ˆ 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 (โ‰ˆ 0) โ€” so we rank Hitter DVOS and leave pitcher out.

Top picks โ€” who drove the value

YrOvrPlayerPosfWARExpDVOS
199968John LackeyP 42.71.9 +40.8
198969Tim SalmonOF 35.41.9 +33.5
19973Troy Glaus3B 34.311.2 +23.1
1990123Garret AndersonOF 23.91.0 +22.9
2006201Doug FisterP 20.90.8 +20.1
20065Brandon MorrowP 12.19.0 +3.1
19891154Chad CurtisOF 11.50.1 +11.5
1990175Troy PercivalP 11.50.8 +10.7
19933Brian AndersonP 10.311.2 -0.9
19971137Scot ShieldsP 9.30.1 +9.3
200649Chris TillmanP 9.02.4 +6.6
2004333Michael SaundersOF 7.40.3 +7.1
198939Joe GraheP 3.52.9 +0.6
20081360Andrew KittredgeP 3.40.1 +3.4
200820Josh FieldsP 3.36.0 -2.7

By draft class

YearPicksfWARExpectedDVOS
19895149.2 23.4+25.8
19905336.6 12.8+23.8
1991542.8 22.2-19.4
1992535.4 30.1-24.7
1993579.7 25.9-16.2
1994454.8 27.5-22.7
19975945.1 22.1+23.0
199850-0.3 17.8-18.1
19994945.7 11.3+34.4
2004483.9 9.9-6.1
200548-0.4 20.4-20.8
20065039.8 21.7+18.2
2007512.4 21.1-18.7
2008508.7 17.3-8.6
Total718 253โ€“ -30.1

DVOS = ฮฃ (a pick's career fWAR โˆ’ 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 โ€” see the coverage note on the leaderboard. Single drafts are noise-dominated โ€” one star swamps a class โ€” so read the multi-year totals, not any one year. Full method on the DVOS page.