Royals
2012–2013, 2015–2017 · 5 drafts · 202 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 23 | 33 | +11.1 |
| C | 1 | -0 | -0.4 |
| OF | 5 | -2 | -5.6 |
| IF | 8 | 10 | -6.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 34 | Sean Manaea | P | 17.3 | 2.8 | +14.5 |
| 2016 | 163 | Nicky Lopez | 2B | 8.2 | 0.8 | +7.4 |
| 2012 | 643 | Matt Strahm | P | 8.1 | 0.1 | +8.0 |
| 2016 | 613 | Anthony Bender | P | 3.1 | 0.1 | +3.0 |
| 2017 | 450 | Robert Garcia | P | 2.6 | 0.2 | +2.4 |
| 2015 | 64 | Josh Staumont | P | 1.7 | 1.8 | -0.2 |
| 2012 | 583 | Andrew Triggs | P | 1.5 | 0.2 | +1.2 |
| 2015 | 579 | Emmanuel Rivera | 3B | 1.4 | 0.2 | +1.2 |
| 2012 | 673 | Alec Mills | P | 1.0 | 0.1 | +0.9 |
| 2013 | 534 | Frank Schwindel | 1B | 0.9 | 0.2 | +0.7 |
| 2013 | 474 | Kevin McCarthy | P | 0.9 | 0.2 | +0.7 |
| 2013 | 8 | Hunter Dozier | 3B | 0.7 | 9.2 | -8.5 |
| 2012 | 283 | Daniel Stumpf | P | 0.3 | 0.5 | -0.2 |
| 2017 | 360 | Collin Snider | P | 0.3 | 0.3 | -0.0 |
| 2012 | 5 | Kyle Zimmer | P | 0.2 | 9.0 | -8.8 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 40 | 9.6 | 19.6 | -10.0 |
| 2013 | 41 | 18.8 | 24.1 | -5.3 |
| 2015 | 41 | 2.9 | 18.9 | -16.0 |
| 2016 | 39 | 10.2 | 10.6 | -0.4 |
| 2017 | 41 | 0.3 | 19.1 | -18.8 |
| Total | 202 | 42 | – | -50.4 |
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.