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1997โ2004 ยท 8 drafts ยท 353 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF | 13 | 116 | +97.7 |
| OF | 11 | 33 | +25.4 |
| P | 26 | 28 | +7.4 |
| C | 3 | 4 | +3.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 16 | Lance Berkman | 1B | 55.9 | 5.8 | +50.1 |
| 2004 | 184 | Ben Zobrist | 2B | 42.7 | 0.8 | +41.9 |
| 2004 | 64 | Hunter Pence | OF | 29.6 | 1.8 | +27.8 |
| 1998 | 272 | Morgan Ensberg | 3B | 14.1 | 0.5 | +13.6 |
| 1998 | 17 | Brad Lidge | P | 11.6 | 6.0 | +5.6 |
| 2000 | 67 | Chad Qualls | P | 5.5 | 1.9 | +3.6 |
| 1998 | 212 | John Buck | C | 5.0 | 0.8 | +4.2 |
| 1997 | 610 | Tim Redding | P | 4.8 | 0.1 | +4.7 |
| 1999 | 203 | Jason Lane | OF | 2.4 | 0.8 | +1.6 |
| 1999 | 263 | Chris Sampson | P | 2.3 | 0.5 | +1.8 |
| 1998 | 302 | Keith Ginter | 2B | 2.1 | 0.3 | +1.8 |
| 2001 | 86 | Kirk Saarloos | P | 1.6 | 1.1 | +0.5 |
| 2004 | 274 | Troy Patton | P | 1.3 | 0.5 | +0.8 |
| 2002 | 70 | Mitch Talbot | P | 1.1 | 1.9 | -0.8 |
| 2000 | 277 | Eric Bruntlett | SS | 0.8 | 0.5 | +0.3 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 40 | 60.6 | 17.1 | +43.5 |
| 1998 | 41 | 32.9 | 18.3 | +14.6 |
| 1999 | 42 | 2.2 | 14.9 | -12.7 |
| 2000 | 43 | 5.8 | 13.7 | -7.9 |
| 2001 | 49 | 3.7 | 19.9 | -16.3 |
| 2002 | 48 | 1.3 | 13.4 | -12.1 |
| 2003 | 41 | 0.6 | 11.7 | -11.1 |
| 2004 | 49 | 73.3 | 11.8 | +61.5 |
| Total | 353 | 180 | โ | +59.6 |
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.