Mariners
1998–2003 · 6 drafts · 300 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| OF | 8 | 29 | +20.9 |
| P | 22 | 26 | +11.9 |
| C | 2 | 8 | +5.5 |
| IF | 6 | 2 | -0.5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 37 | Adam Jones | OF | 29.2 | 2.8 | +26.4 |
| 1998 | 22 | Matt Thornton | P | 10.9 | 4.9 | +6.0 |
| 1999 | 185 | J.J. Putz | P | 10.2 | 0.8 | +9.5 |
| 2001 | 49 | René Rivera | C | 7.9 | 2.3 | +5.5 |
| 2003 | 176 | Eric O'Flaherty | P | 2.0 | 0.8 | +1.2 |
| 1998 | 1423 | Scott Atchison | P | 1.7 | 0.1 | +1.7 |
| 1999 | 245 | Terrmel Sledge | OF | 1.2 | 0.5 | +0.7 |
| 1999 | 95 | Willie Bloomquist | SS | 1.0 | 1.0 | -0.1 |
| 2001 | 129 | Bobby Livingston | P | 0.9 | 1.0 | -0.2 |
| 2002 | 1180 | Bryan LaHair | 1B | 0.7 | 0.1 | +0.6 |
| 1998 | 95 | Andy Van Hekken | P | 0.5 | 1.0 | -0.6 |
| 1999 | 395 | Justin Leone | 3B | 0.2 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| 2002 | 910 | T.J. Bohn | OF | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| 2000 | 176 | Jamal Strong | DH | 0.1 | 0.8 | -0.7 |
| 2002 | 190 | Troy Cate | P | 0.1 | 0.8 | -0.7 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 50 | 13.1 | 16.5 | -3.4 |
| 1999 | 51 | 12.3 | 21.5 | -9.2 |
| 2000 | 47 | -0.8 | 9.1 | -9.9 |
| 2001 | 52 | 8.3 | 18.7 | -10.4 |
| 2002 | 50 | 0.9 | 13.9 | -13.0 |
| 2003 | 50 | 30.9 | 14.8 | +16.2 |
| Total | 300 | 65 | – | -29.8 |
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.