Tigers, 
PiratesTigers, Pirates
1997β1999, 2003β2004, 2008β2011 Β· 9 drafts Β· 436 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 40 | 216 | +106.8 |
| OF | 5 | 35 | +31.2 |
| IF | 14 | 47 | +9.2 |
| C | 3 | 1 | -9.8 |
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 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 0) β so we rank Hitter DVOS and leave pitcher out.
| Yr | Ovr | Player | Pos | fWAR | Exp | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2 | Justin Verlander | P | 83.9 | 14.3 | +69.6 |
| 2011 | 1 | Gerrit Cole | P | 48.9 | 23.7 | +25.2 |
| 1998 | 14 | Jeff Weaver | P | 24.2 | 5.8 | +18.4 |
| 2011 | 152 | Tyler Glasnow | P | 17.3 | 0.8 | +16.5 |
| 2010 | 2 | Jameson Taillon | P | 17.3 | 14.3 | +3.0 |
| 1998 | 57 | Brandon Inge | 3B | 14.5 | 1.8 | +12.7 |
| 1999 | 117 | Cody Ross | OF | 13.3 | 1.0 | +12.2 |
| 1998 | 117 | Andres Torres | OF | 11.4 | 1.0 | +10.3 |
| 2008 | 79 | Jordy Mercer | SS | 11.3 | 1.9 | +9.4 |
| 2011 | 61 | Josh Bell | 1B | 10.2 | 1.8 | +8.4 |
| 2008 | 174 | Robbie Grossman | OF | 8.5 | 0.8 | +7.7 |
| 2011 | 272 | Clay Holmes | P | 8.1 | 0.5 | +7.6 |
| 2008 | 2 | Pedro Γlvarez | 3B | 7.6 | 14.3 | -6.7 |
| 2008 | 144 | Justin Wilson | P | 6.8 | 0.8 | +6.0 |
| 2009 | 265 | Brock Holt | 2B | 6.3 | 0.5 | +5.8 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 42 | 0.3 | 35.4 | -35.1 |
| 1998 | 50 | 51.0 | 22.6 | +28.4 |
| 1999 | 43 | 17.8 | 21.2 | -3.4 |
| 2003 | 50 | -0.6 | 25.8 | -26.4 |
| 2004 | 50 | 84.5 | 27.9 | +56.7 |
| 2008 | 50 | 33.6 | 27.8 | +5.7 |
| 2009 | 51 | 6.3 | 25.0 | -18.7 |
| 2010 | 50 | 19.5 | 26.4 | -6.9 |
| 2011 | 50 | 86.5 | 35.4 | +51.1 |
| Total | 436 | 299 | β | +51.4 |
DVOS = Ξ£ (a pick's career fWAR β 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.