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Eric Kubota

Athletics

2002–present Β· 23 drafts Β· 883 picks

Early-Round Selection
+40.7
#7 of 172
rds 1–10, cost-ctrl
Late-Round Value
-56.1
#172 of 172
rds 11+, total career
Total DVOS
-60.9
#156 of 172
-2.65/draft
Hitter DVOS
+83.8
#29 of 172
reliable skill (+0.54)
Career fWAR drafted
399
#2 of 172

Value by position β€” where the value came from (descriptive)

PosPicksfWARDVOS
P66160 +90.6
IF44170 +69.3
C1534 +13.0
OF2436 +1.5

Position from each player's primary MLB fielding spot; never-MLB picks excluded. This table is descriptive, not a skill ranking β€” per-position DVOS isn't reliable at this granularity (split-half β‰ˆ 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 (β‰ˆ 0) β€” so we rank Hitter DVOS and leave pitcher out.

Top picks β€” who drove the value

YrOvrPlayerPosfWARExpDVOS
201118Sonny GrayP 41.36.0 +35.3
201425Matt Chapman3B 36.25.0 +31.2
201247Matt Olson1B 35.32.4 +32.9
2012169Max Muncy1B 26.80.8 +25.9
200216Nick Swisher1B 25.05.8 +19.2
200362Andre EthierOF 24.41.8 +22.5
200224Joe BlantonP 20.15.0 +15.0
201683Sean MurphyC 18.31.1 +17.2
200858Tyson RossP 12.21.8 +10.3
201211Addison RussellSS 11.78.0 +3.7
200741Sean DoolittleP 11.42.4 +9.0
200440Huston StreetP 10.62.9 +7.7
200666Trevor CahillP 10.21.9 +8.2
2011226Blake TreinenP 9.80.5 +9.3
202197Mason MillerP 8.91.1 +7.8

By draft class

YearPicksfWARExpectedDVOS
20025150.9 35.6+15.3
20034223.0 21.4+1.6
20044426.6 26.7-0.1
2005409.4 20.3-10.9
20064014.3 11.4+3.0
20075310.9 18.8-7.9
20084912.8 11.8+1.0
2009498.6 18.0-9.4
2010500.7 19.7-19.0
20114951.0 15.4+35.5
20124378.6 25.8+52.7
2013425.3 18.6-13.4
20144035.2 15.7+19.5
2015400.2 17.3-17.1
20164123.6 27.9-4.3
2017410.6 27.9-27.3
2018418.1 22.0-13.9
2019402.9 13.0-10.1
202053.6 7.1-3.5
20212015.1 15.1-0.0
2022214.3 18.1-13.7
2023215.2 27.6-22.4
2024218.4 24.7-16.4
Total883 399– -60.9

DVOS = Ξ£ (a pick's career fWAR βˆ’ 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 β€” see the coverage note on the leaderboard. Single drafts are noise-dominated β€” one star swamps a class β€” so read the multi-year totals, not any one year. Full method on the DVOS page.