Rangers
1996 · 1 drafts · 54 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 6 | 38 | +23.2 |
| IF | 3 | 24 | +21.9 |
| OF | 1 | -1 | -0.8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 923 | Travis Hafner | DH | 22.0 | 0.1 | +21.9 |
| 1996 | 293 | Doug Davis | P | 19.0 | 0.5 | +18.6 |
| 1996 | 18 | R.A. Dickey | P | 18.8 | 5.9 | +12.9 |
| 1996 | 143 | Warren Morris | 2B | 2.3 | 0.8 | +1.4 |
| 1996 | 24 | Sam Marsonek | P | 0.0 | 4.9 | -4.9 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 54 | 60.7 | 25.7 | +35.0 |
| Total | 54 | 61 | – | +35.0 |
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.