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1996โ1998 ยท 3 drafts ยท 172 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 12 | 59 | +45.7 |
| IF | 3 | 9 | +7.9 |
| C | 1 | 0 | -0.1 |
| OF | 4 | 11 | -3.1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 862 | Kyle Lohse | P | 23.5 | 0.1 | +23.4 |
| 1997 | 10 | Jon Garland | P | 21.6 | 7.9 | +13.8 |
| 1998 | 496 | Eric Hinske | 3B | 11.2 | 0.2 | +11.0 |
| 1998 | 3 | Corey Patterson | OF | 10.8 | 11.2 | -0.4 |
| 1997 | 94 | Scott Downs | P | 7.7 | 1.1 | +6.7 |
| 1997 | 334 | Michael Wuertz | P | 4.1 | 0.3 | +3.8 |
| 1998 | 226 | Will Ohman | P | 1.5 | 0.5 | +1.0 |
| 1996 | 592 | Courtney Duncan | P | 0.3 | 0.2 | +0.1 |
| 1997 | 124 | Nate Teut | P | 0.1 | 1.0 | -0.9 |
| 1997 | 574 | Chris Piersoll | P | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| 1996 | 292 | Phil Norton | P | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.4 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 63 | 21.7 | 18.9 | +2.7 |
| 1997 | 58 | 33.5 | 18.3 | +15.2 |
| 1998 | 51 | 23.4 | 26.6 | -3.2 |
| Total | 172 | 79 | โ | +14.7 |
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.