Diamondbacks, Astros, Royals
2001–2008, 2015–2019, 2021, 2024–present · 15 drafts · 652 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 48 | 140 | +65.0 |
| OF | 14 | 89 | +53.5 |
| C | 3 | 0 | -2.3 |
| IF | 23 | 80 | -16.6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6 | Zack Greinke | P | 72.3 | 12.7 | +59.5 |
| 2005 | 2 | Alex Gordon | OF | 31.4 | 14.2 | +17.2 |
| 2015 | 1 | Dansby Swanson | SS | 30.8 | 23.5 | +7.3 |
| 2019 | 16 | Corbin Carroll | OF | 20.7 | 5.8 | +15.0 |
| 2007 | 96 | Danny Duffy | P | 16.3 | 1.0 | +15.2 |
| 2007 | 2 | Mike Moustakas | 3B | 15.2 | 14.2 | +1.0 |
| 2017 | 68 | Daulton Varsho | OF | 14.5 | 1.9 | +12.6 |
| 2007 | 306 | Greg Holland | P | 11.8 | 0.3 | +11.5 |
| 2006 | 1475 | Jarrod Dyson | OF | 11.7 | 0.1 | +11.6 |
| 2008 | 3 | Eric Hosmer | 1B | 11.0 | 11.1 | -0.1 |
| 2006 | 1 | Luke Hochevar | P | 8.9 | 23.5 | -14.6 |
| 2018 | 39 | Jake McCarthy | OF | 7.0 | 2.8 | +4.2 |
| 2017 | 202 | José Caballero | 2B | 6.6 | 0.8 | +5.8 |
| 2004 | 14 | Billy Butler | 1B | 6.3 | 5.8 | +0.5 |
| 2019 | 56 | Ryne Nelson | P | 5.2 | 1.8 | +3.4 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 50 | -0.4 | 19.9 | -20.3 |
| 2002 | 50 | 72.6 | 26.2 | +46.4 |
| 2003 | 51 | 3.1 | 24.7 | -21.5 |
| 2004 | 53 | 11.6 | 24.7 | -13.1 |
| 2005 | 50 | 30.6 | 26.7 | +3.9 |
| 2006 | 50 | 21.2 | 37.0 | -15.8 |
| 2007 | 50 | 50.7 | 25.9 | +24.8 |
| 2008 | 51 | 18.2 | 27.4 | -9.2 |
| 2015 | 40 | 31.5 | 36.4 | -4.9 |
| 2016 | 40 | 4.5 | 14.3 | -9.8 |
| 2017 | 41 | 20.7 | 23.1 | -2.4 |
| 2018 | 41 | 12.6 | 18.9 | -6.3 |
| 2019 | 45 | 28.7 | 28.6 | +0.1 |
| 2021 | 21 | 3.9 | 26.4 | -22.5 |
| 2024 | 19 | 0.0 | 9.8 | -9.8 |
| Total | 652 | 310 | – | -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.