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1998โ2002 ยท 5 drafts ยท 245 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| OF | 11 | 110 | +52.9 |
| P | 25 | 74 | +50.5 |
| IF | 10 | 24 | +21.4 |
| C | 4 | 0 | -0.2 |
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 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 0) โ so we rank Hitter DVOS and leave pitcher out.
| Yr | Ovr | Player | Pos | fWAR | Exp | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 52 | Carl Crawford | OF | 41.2 | 1.8 | +39.4 |
| 2000 | 466 | James Shields | P | 32.5 | 0.2 | +32.3 |
| 1999 | 1 | Josh Hamilton | OF | 27.9 | 23.7 | +4.2 |
| 2002 | 2 | B.J. Upton | OF | 24.1 | 14.3 | +9.8 |
| 2002 | 284 | Jason Hammel | P | 19.7 | 0.5 | +19.2 |
| 1998 | 162 | Aubrey Huff | 1B | 17.3 | 0.8 | +16.4 |
| 1998 | 252 | Joe Kennedy | P | 9.6 | 0.5 | +9.1 |
| 2000 | 6 | Rocco Baldelli | OF | 8.0 | 12.8 | -4.8 |
| 2001 | 529 | Jonny Gomes | DH | 7.3 | 0.2 | +7.1 |
| 2001 | 1009 | Chad Gaudin | P | 4.2 | 0.1 | +4.1 |
| 1999 | 505 | Matt Diaz | OF | 3.9 | 0.2 | +3.6 |
| 1998 | 192 | Ryan Rupe | P | 3.3 | 0.8 | +2.5 |
| 2001 | 949 | Joey Gathright | OF | 3.3 | 0.1 | +3.2 |
| 1998 | 552 | Brandon Backe | P | 3.2 | 0.2 | +2.9 |
| 2001 | 198 | Sergio Mitre | P | 2.5 | 0.8 | +1.7 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 47 | 33.3 | 8.3 | +25.0 |
| 1999 | 50 | 73.1 | 35.8 | +37.2 |
| 2000 | 47 | 41.1 | 21.0 | +20.1 |
| 2001 | 51 | 15.8 | 25.6 | -9.7 |
| 2002 | 50 | 45.6 | 27.9 | +17.7 |
| Total | 245 | 209 | โ | +90.3 |
DVOS = ฮฃ (a pick's career fWAR โ 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.