Cardinals
2015 · 1 drafts · 42 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| OF | 2 | 16 | +14.5 |
| IF | 2 | 11 | +4.8 |
| P | 3 | 9 | +4.7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 100 | Harrison Bader | OF | 15.6 | 1.0 | +14.5 |
| 2015 | 131 | Paul DeJong | SS | 10.7 | 0.8 | +9.9 |
| 2015 | 161 | Ryan Helsley | P | 6.0 | 0.8 | +5.2 |
| 2015 | 105 | Jordan Hicks | P | 3.3 | 1.0 | +2.3 |
| 2015 | 39 | Jake Woodford | P | 0.1 | 2.8 | -2.8 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 42 | 35.6 | 19.5 | +16.1 |
| Total | 42 | 36 | – | +16.1 |
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.