Tigers, Padres
2015–2017, 2020–2021, 2023–present · 7 drafts · 192 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 28 | 50 | +10.9 |
| IF | 8 | 14 | +10.5 |
| OF | 9 | 19 | +2.9 |
| C | 3 | 1 | -5.2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | MacKenzie Gore | P | 10.2 | 11.1 | -0.9 |
| 2015 | 1017 | Ty France | 1B | 9.5 | 0.1 | +9.5 |
| 2021 | 27 | Jackson Merrill | OF | 9.1 | 2.2 | +6.9 |
| 2021 | 62 | James Wood | OF | 9.1 | 1.8 | +7.3 |
| 2016 | 1044 | David Bednar | P | 7.7 | 0.1 | +7.6 |
| 2016 | 8 | Cal Quantrill | P | 7.1 | 9.2 | -2.1 |
| 2016 | 25 | Eric Lauer | P | 5.8 | 5.0 | +0.9 |
| 2015 | 207 | Trevor Megill | P | 5.3 | 0.8 | +4.5 |
| 2016 | 114 | Joey Lucchesi | P | 4.0 | 1.0 | +2.9 |
| 2023 | 37 | Kevin McGonigle | 3B | 3.8 | 2.8 | +1.0 |
| 2017 | 468 | Joey Cantillo | P | 3.3 | 0.2 | +3.1 |
| 2015 | 597 | Phil Maton | P | 3.2 | 0.2 | +3.0 |
| 2016 | 444 | Jack Suwinski | OF | 2.0 | 0.2 | +1.8 |
| 2021 | 190 | Ryan Bergert | P | 1.0 | 0.8 | +0.2 |
| 2017 | 39 | Luis Campusano | C | 0.9 | 2.8 | -1.9 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 39 | 17.6 | 11.5 | +6.1 |
| 2016 | 43 | 27.2 | 33.0 | -5.9 |
| 2017 | 41 | 15.9 | 26.4 | -10.5 |
| 2020 | 6 | -0.7 | 18.2 | -18.9 |
| 2021 | 21 | 20.4 | 14.1 | +6.4 |
| 2023 | 21 | 4.1 | 25.7 | -21.7 |
| 2024 | 21 | 0.0 | 20.6 | -20.6 |
| Total | 192 | 84 | – | -65.1 |
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.