Astros
1997–2004 · 8 drafts · 353 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF | 13 | 116 | +97.8 |
| OF | 11 | 33 | +25.5 |
| P | 26 | 28 | +7.6 |
| 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 — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 16 | Lance Berkman | 1B | 55.9 | 5.8 | +50.2 |
| 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 | 1.0 | +0.6 |
| 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 | 16.9 | +43.6 |
| 1998 | 41 | 32.9 | 18.2 | +14.7 |
| 1999 | 42 | 2.2 | 14.8 | -12.6 |
| 2000 | 43 | 5.8 | 13.6 | -7.7 |
| 2001 | 49 | 3.7 | 19.8 | -16.2 |
| 2002 | 48 | 1.3 | 13.3 | -12.0 |
| 2003 | 41 | 0.6 | 11.6 | -11.0 |
| 2004 | 49 | 73.3 | 11.7 | +61.6 |
| Total | 353 | 180 | – | +60.5 |
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.