Reds
1983–1987 · 3 drafts · 126 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF | 7 | 72 | +56.1 |
| OF | 2 | 44 | +42.8 |
| C | 4 | 7 | +4.5 |
| P | 9 | 13 | +0.1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 4 | Barry Larkin | SS | 67.0 | 10.3 | +56.7 |
| 1987 | 180 | Reggie Sanders | OF | 39.7 | 0.8 | +38.9 |
| 1987 | 387 | Butch Henry | P | 7.3 | 0.3 | +7.0 |
| 1986 | 150 | Eddie Taubensee | C | 6.8 | 0.8 | +6.0 |
| 1986 | 228 | Chuck Carr | OF | 4.4 | 0.5 | +3.9 |
| 1986 | 280 | Keith Lockhart | 2B | 4.1 | 0.5 | +3.6 |
| 1986 | 72 | Reggie Jefferson | DH | 4.0 | 1.9 | +2.1 |
| 1987 | 18 | Jack Armstrong | P | 3.6 | 5.9 | -2.3 |
| 1987 | 361 | Bill Risley | P | 1.3 | 0.3 | +1.0 |
| 1986 | 17 | Scott Scudder | P | 0.6 | 5.9 | -5.3 |
| 1987 | 725 | Milt Hill | P | 0.4 | 0.1 | +0.3 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 28 | 66.5 | 24.8 | +41.7 |
| 1986 | 37 | 19.2 | 19.7 | -0.5 |
| 1987 | 61 | 50.6 | 21.3 | +29.4 |
| Total | 126 | 136 | – | +70.5 |
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.