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1995โ2002 ยท 8 drafts ยท 350 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 29 | 151 | +97.9 |
| OF | 9 | 32 | +25.1 |
| IF | 8 | 50 | +23.6 |
| C | 4 | -4 | -9.9 |
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 | 185 | Tim Hudson | P | 50.4 | 0.8 | +49.6 |
| 1996 | 10 | Eric Chavez | 3B | 35.7 | 7.9 | +27.9 |
| 1999 | 9 | Barry Zito | P | 28.9 | 7.9 | +21.1 |
| 1998 | 2 | Mark Mulder | P | 19.2 | 14.3 | +4.9 |
| 2000 | 510 | Rich Harden | P | 16.3 | 0.2 | +16.0 |
| 2001 | 26 | Jeremy Bonderman | P | 15.5 | 2.2 | +13.3 |
| 1999 | 60 | Ryan Ludwick | OF | 13.7 | 1.8 | +11.9 |
| 1998 | 225 | Eric Byrnes | OF | 11.2 | 0.5 | +10.7 |
| 2002 | 1252 | Jesse Chavez | P | 7.2 | 0.1 | +7.1 |
| 1995 | 35 | Mark Bellhorn | 2B | 7.1 | 2.9 | +4.3 |
| 1995 | 708 | Jeff DaVanon | OF | 6.5 | 0.1 | +6.5 |
| 2001 | 25 | Bobby Crosby | SS | 6.5 | 5.0 | +1.5 |
| 1995 | 5 | Ariel Prieto | P | 3.9 | 9.0 | -5.1 |
| 1996 | 435 | Kevin Gregg | P | 3.7 | 0.2 | +3.4 |
| 2002 | 592 | Kameron Loe | P | 3.1 | 0.2 | +2.8 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 44 | 18.2 | 23.8 | -5.6 |
| 1996 | 43 | 39.1 | 21.0 | +18.1 |
| 1997 | 43 | 50.9 | 29.4 | +21.5 |
| 1998 | 43 | 27.2 | 27.5 | -0.3 |
| 1999 | 45 | 41.5 | 19.3 | +22.2 |
| 2000 | 45 | 15.5 | 11.9 | +3.6 |
| 2001 | 41 | 26.8 | 20.7 | +6.1 |
| 2002 | 46 | 9.7 | 15.2 | -5.5 |
| Total | 350 | 229 | โ | +60.1 |
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.