Cubs, Cardinals
2012–2014, 2020–present · 8 drafts · 212 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 17 | 75 | +34.5 |
| C | 2 | 9 | +7.7 |
| OF | 3 | 11 | +1.0 |
| IF | 5 | 10 | -0.8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 19 | Michael Wacha | P | 23.9 | 6.0 | +17.9 |
| 2014 | 34 | Jack Flaherty | P | 18.1 | 2.8 | +15.2 |
| 2013 | 19 | Marco Gonzales | P | 10.5 | 6.0 | +4.5 |
| 2014 | 27 | Luke Weaver | P | 9.6 | 2.2 | +7.4 |
| 2012 | 86 | Carson Kelly | C | 9.4 | 1.0 | +8.4 |
| 2012 | 36 | Stephen Piscotty | OF | 7.5 | 2.8 | +4.6 |
| 2014 | 135 | Austin Gomber | P | 5.2 | 0.8 | +4.4 |
| 2013 | 665 | Luke Voit | 1B | 5.1 | 0.1 | +5.0 |
| 2012 | 52 | Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 3.5 | 1.8 | +1.7 |
| 2022 | 7 | Cade Horton | P | 2.2 | 9.2 | -7.0 |
| 2024 | 14 | Cam Smith | OF | 2.1 | 5.8 | -3.6 |
| 2023 | 13 | Matt Shaw | 3B | 2.0 | 7.9 | -5.9 |
| 2013 | 57 | Óscar Mercado | OF | 1.8 | 1.8 | -0.0 |
| 2012 | 300 | Rowan Wick | P | 1.7 | 0.5 | +1.3 |
| 2012 | 240 | Kyle Barraclough | P | 1.0 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 44 | 47.2 | 27.1 | +20.1 |
| 2013 | 41 | 18.2 | 19.3 | -1.1 |
| 2014 | 42 | 33.3 | 17.6 | +15.8 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0.1 | 10.5 | -10.4 |
| 2021 | 20 | 0.7 | 14.9 | -14.2 |
| 2022 | 20 | 2.2 | 20.1 | -17.9 |
| 2023 | 20 | 2.0 | 18.3 | -16.3 |
| 2024 | 20 | 2.1 | 15.7 | -13.6 |
| Total | 212 | 106 | – | -37.5 |
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.