Marlins
1996–1998 · 3 drafts · 180 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| OF | 4 | 20 | +8.7 |
| C | 2 | -0 | -1.2 |
| P | 6 | 1 | -1.9 |
| IF | 4 | -2 | -4.6 |
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 | 9 | Mark Kotsay | OF | 20.5 | 7.8 | +12.7 |
| 1998 | 790 | Kevin Olsen | P | 0.9 | 0.1 | +0.8 |
| 1997 | 64 | Jeff Bailey | 1B | 0.4 | 1.8 | -1.4 |
| 1996 | 104 | Blaine Neal | P | 0.3 | 1.0 | -0.7 |
| 1997 | 126 | Brandon Harper | C | 0.3 | 1.0 | -0.8 |
| 1997 | 216 | Matt Erickson | 2B | 0.0 | 0.8 | -0.7 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 73 | 20.0 | 18.4 | +1.6 |
| 1997 | 58 | -2.0 | 19.9 | -21.9 |
| 1998 | 49 | 0.9 | 13.8 | -12.9 |
| Total | 180 | 19 | – | -33.1 |
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.