Cardinals
2016–2018, 2024–present · 4 drafts · 140 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 8 | 24 | +19.4 |
| IF | 8 | 34 | +13.6 |
| OF | 3 | 12 | +7.8 |
| C | 1 | -2 | -2.2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 196 | Tommy Edman | 2B | 18.0 | 0.8 | +17.2 |
| 2016 | 106 | Zac Gallen | P | 17.6 | 1.0 | +16.6 |
| 2018 | 213 | Brendan Donovan | 2B | 10.7 | 0.8 | +9.9 |
| 2018 | 243 | Lars Nootbaar | OF | 9.7 | 0.5 | +9.2 |
| 2024 | 7 | JJ Wetherholt | 2B | 3.7 | 9.2 | -5.5 |
| 2016 | 34 | Dakota Hudson | P | 2.8 | 2.8 | -0.0 |
| 2018 | 513 | Kyle Leahy | P | 2.7 | 0.2 | +2.4 |
| 2016 | 33 | Dylan Carlson | OF | 2.7 | 2.8 | -0.2 |
| 2018 | 19 | Nolan Gorman | 2B | 2.3 | 6.0 | -3.7 |
| 2018 | 483 | Evan Sisk | P | 0.9 | 0.2 | +0.7 |
| 2017 | 814 | Kodi Whitley | P | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| 2016 | 586 | Daniel Castano | P | 0.2 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| 2017 | 484 | Jake Walsh | P | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 42 | 39.3 | 21.3 | +18.1 |
| 2017 | 38 | -0.2 | 9.3 | -9.5 |
| 2018 | 41 | 25.7 | 19.5 | +6.2 |
| 2024 | 19 | 3.7 | 18.6 | -14.9 |
| Total | 140 | 69 | – | -0.1 |
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.