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Bob Fontaine Jr

Angels, Mariners

1989–1994, 1997–1999, 2004–2008 · 14 drafts · 718 picks

Early-Round Selection
+10.3
#40 of 172
rds 1–10, cost-ctrl
Late-Round Value
-20.3
#151 of 172
rds 11+, total career
Total DVOS
-26.4
#110 of 172
-1.89/draft
Hitter DVOS
+49.8
#51 of 172
reliable skill (+0.54)
Career fWAR drafted
253
#21 of 172

Value by position — where the value came from (descriptive)

PosPicksfWARDVOS
OF1584 +65.1
P59144 +62.2
IF1836 +12.6
C12-10 -27.9

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.

Top picks — who drove the value

YrOvrPlayerPosfWARExpDVOS
199968John LackeyP 42.71.9 +40.8
198969Tim SalmonOF 35.41.9 +33.6
19973Troy Glaus3B 34.311.0 +23.3
1990123Garret AndersonOF 23.91.0 +22.9
2006201Doug FisterP 20.90.8 +20.1
20065Brandon MorrowP 12.18.9 +3.1
19891154Chad CurtisOF 11.50.1 +11.5
1990175Troy PercivalP 11.50.8 +10.7
19933Brian AndersonP 10.311.0 -0.8
19971137Scot ShieldsP 9.30.1 +9.3
200649Chris TillmanP 9.02.3 +6.6
2004333Michael SaundersOF 7.40.3 +7.1
198939Joe GraheP 3.52.8 +0.7
200820Josh FieldsP 3.35.9 -2.6
1999401Alfredo AmezagaOF 3.20.2 +3.0

By draft class

YearPicksfWARExpectedDVOS
19895149.2 23.1+26.1
19905336.6 12.6+23.9
1991542.8 21.8-19.0
1992535.4 29.7-24.3
1993579.7 25.5-15.9
1994454.8 27.2-22.3
19975945.1 21.8+23.4
199850-0.3 17.5-17.8
19994945.7 11.1+34.6
2004483.9 9.8-5.9
200548-0.4 20.1-20.5
20065039.8 21.4+18.4
2007512.4 20.7-18.3
2008508.4 17.0-8.7
Total718 253 -26.4

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.