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2005β2009 Β· 5 drafts Β· 256 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF | 11 | 56 | +49.6 |
| OF | 10 | 51 | +41.9 |
| P | 28 | 61 | +32.3 |
| C | 10 | 13 | +11.1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 204 | Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 35.9 | 0.8 | +35.1 |
| 2005 | 23 | Jacoby Ellsbury | OF | 30.1 | 5.0 | +25.2 |
| 2006 | 523 | Josh Reddick | OF | 20.4 | 0.2 | +20.1 |
| 2005 | 45 | Jed Lowrie | 2B | 19.9 | 2.4 | +17.5 |
| 2006 | 71 | Justin Masterson | P | 16.5 | 1.9 | +14.6 |
| 2005 | 42 | Clay Buchholz | P | 15.9 | 2.4 | +13.6 |
| 2008 | 292 | Christian VΓ‘zquez | C | 15.9 | 0.5 | +15.4 |
| 2007 | 354 | Ryan Pressly | P | 11.3 | 0.3 | +11.0 |
| 2005 | 798 | Kirby Yates | P | 7.0 | 0.1 | +6.9 |
| 2006 | 28 | Daniel Bard | P | 5.0 | 2.2 | +2.7 |
| 2007 | 564 | Hunter Strickland | P | 2.6 | 0.2 | +2.3 |
| 2009 | 77 | Alex Wilson | P | 2.5 | 1.9 | +0.5 |
| 2006 | 223 | Kristopher NegrΓ³n | OF | 1.3 | 0.5 | +0.9 |
| 2009 | 138 | Jeremy Hazelbaker | OF | 1.3 | 0.8 | +0.4 |
| 2007 | 174 | Will Middlebrooks | 3B | 1.0 | 0.8 | +0.2 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 53 | 72.3 | 24.5 | +47.8 |
| 2006 | 54 | 41.6 | 22.0 | +19.5 |
| 2007 | 47 | 51.8 | 13.8 | +38.0 |
| 2008 | 52 | 13.1 | 16.9 | -3.8 |
| 2009 | 50 | 2.6 | 13.5 | -10.9 |
| Total | 256 | 181 | β | +90.6 |
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.