Pirates
1994–1996 · 3 drafts · 146 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 6 | 38 | +11.5 |
| IF | 6 | -1 | -2.7 |
| OF | 3 | 6 | -3.3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 69 | Bronson Arroyo | P | 20.5 | 1.9 | +18.6 |
| 1996 | 1 | Kris Benson | P | 14.3 | 23.3 | -9.0 |
| 1996 | 1498 | Rob Mackowiak | OF | 6.1 | 0.1 | +6.1 |
| 1994 | 242 | Jimmy Anderson | P | 3.3 | 0.5 | +2.9 |
| 1996 | 126 | Tike Redman | OF | 2.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 46 | 3.3 | 21.9 | -18.5 |
| 1995 | 44 | 16.8 | 22.3 | -5.5 |
| 1996 | 56 | 22.4 | 38.1 | -15.6 |
| Total | 146 | 42 | – | -39.7 |
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.