Astros
1985–1995 · 11 drafts · 799 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| OF | 15 | 126 | +107.2 |
| P | 48 | 131 | +63.3 |
| IF | 22 | 94 | +55.8 |
| C | 9 | 10 | +0.7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 22 | Craig Biggio | 2B | 65.8 | 5.0 | +60.8 |
| 1988 | 428 | Kenny Lofton | OF | 62.4 | 0.2 | +62.2 |
| 1988 | 90 | Luis Gonzalez | OF | 55.2 | 1.0 | +54.1 |
| 1989 | 72 | Shane Reynolds | P | 32.3 | 1.9 | +30.4 |
| 1987 | 781 | Darryl Kile | P | 27.2 | 0.1 | +27.2 |
| 1993 | 12 | Billy Wagner | P | 23.9 | 7.9 | +16.0 |
| 1989 | 877 | Frank Castillo | P | 18.2 | 0.1 | +18.2 |
| 1992 | 1 | Phil Nevin | 1B | 15.1 | 23.5 | -8.4 |
| 1994 | 1193 | Julio Lugo | SS | 13.9 | 0.1 | +13.8 |
| 1989 | 27 | Todd Jones | P | 11.2 | 2.2 | +9.0 |
| 1992 | 69 | Chris Holt | P | 8.0 | 1.9 | +6.1 |
| 1994 | 640 | John Halama | P | 7.1 | 0.1 | +7.1 |
| 1989 | 35 | Brian L. Hunter | OF | 5.2 | 2.8 | +2.3 |
| 1988 | 64 | Scott Servais | C | 5.0 | 1.8 | +3.1 |
| 1994 | 17 | Ramon Castro | C | 4.9 | 6.0 | -1.0 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 34 | 1.5 | 22.5 | -21.0 |
| 1986 | 48 | -0.3 | 22.6 | -22.9 |
| 1987 | 45 | 90.8 | 18.0 | +72.8 |
| 1988 | 65 | 121.1 | 27.6 | +93.5 |
| 1989 | 88 | 71.0 | 29.1 | +41.9 |
| 1990 | 100 | -1.1 | 23.7 | -24.7 |
| 1991 | 101 | -0.6 | 42.2 | -42.8 |
| 1992 | 51 | 24.3 | 41.3 | -17.0 |
| 1993 | 81 | 23.4 | 19.2 | +4.2 |
| 1994 | 100 | 31.6 | 29.4 | +2.3 |
| 1995 | 86 | -2.0 | 19.3 | -21.4 |
| Total | 799 | 360 | – | +64.8 |
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.