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1980โ1990 ยท 6 drafts ยท 319 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF | 9 | 126 | +97.0 |
| OF | 8 | 48 | +43.8 |
| P | 24 | 65 | +18.3 |
| C | 4 | 1 | -17.7 |
Position from each player's primary MLB fielding spot; never-MLB picks excluded. This table is descriptive, not a skill ranking โ per-position DVOS isn't reliable at this granularity (split-half โ 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 (โ 0) โ so we rank Hitter DVOS and leave pitcher out.
| Yr | Ovr | Player | Pos | fWAR | Exp | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 | Chipper Jones | 3B | 84.6 | 23.7 | +60.9 |
| 1985 | 94 | David Justice | OF | 40.4 | 1.1 | +39.3 |
| 1989 | 114 | Ryan Klesko | 1B | 30.1 | 1.0 | +29.1 |
| 1988 | 3 | Steve Avery | P | 20.7 | 11.2 | +9.5 |
| 1987 | 323 | Mike Stanton | P | 13.5 | 0.3 | +13.2 |
| 1990 | 256 | Tony Graffanino | 2B | 12.2 | 0.5 | +11.7 |
| 1985 | 14 | Tommy Greene | P | 9.2 | 5.8 | +3.4 |
| 1988 | 190 | Mark Wohlers | P | 8.5 | 0.8 | +7.7 |
| 1985 | 198 | Al Martin | OF | 7.5 | 0.8 | +6.7 |
| 1986 | 5 | Kent Mercker | P | 7.3 | 9.0 | -1.6 |
| 1987 | 6 | Derek Lilliquist | P | 3.7 | 12.8 | -9.0 |
| 1987 | 349 | David Nied | P | 2.2 | 0.3 | +1.9 |
| 1987 | 194 | Brian R. Hunter | 1B | 1.6 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| 1989 | 2 | Tyler Houston | C | 1.5 | 14.3 | -12.7 |
| 1989 | 452 | Joe Roa | P | 0.8 | 0.2 | +0.6 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 28 | 56.4 | 17.2 | +39.2 |
| 1986 | 43 | 6.8 | 24.5 | -17.7 |
| 1987 | 50 | 21.0 | 28.7 | -7.6 |
| 1988 | 69 | 29.1 | 32.3 | -3.2 |
| 1989 | 62 | 30.3 | 32.7 | -2.4 |
| 1990 | 67 | 96.5 | 37.3 | +59.2 |
| Total | 319 | 240 | โ | +67.4 |
DVOS = ฮฃ (a pick's career fWAR โ 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 โ see the coverage note on the leaderboard. Single drafts are noise-dominated โ one star swamps a class โ so read the multi-year totals, not any one year. Full method on the DVOS page.