Guardians
1997–1998 · 2 drafts · 102 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 5 | 73 | +63.5 |
| OF | 1 | 4 | +4.0 |
| IF | 2 | -0 | -2.3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 20 | CC Sabathia | P | 67.2 | 5.9 | +61.3 |
| 1998 | 153 | Ryan Drese | P | 6.6 | 0.8 | +5.8 |
| 1997 | 291 | Dustan Mohr | OF | 4.4 | 0.5 | +4.0 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 52 | 3.8 | 17.5 | -13.6 |
| 1998 | 50 | 73.0 | 17.4 | +55.6 |
| Total | 102 | 77 | – | +42.0 |
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.