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2016β2018, 2024βpresent Β· 4 drafts Β· 140 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 8 | 26 | +20.6 |
| IF | 8 | 35 | +14.8 |
| OF | 3 | 12 | +7.7 |
| C | 1 | -2 | -2.3 |
Position from each player's primary MLB fielding spot; never-MLB picks excluded. This table is descriptive, not a skill ranking β per-position DVOS isn't reliable at this granularity (split-half β 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 (β 0) β so we rank Hitter DVOS and leave pitcher out.
| Yr | Ovr | Player | Pos | fWAR | Exp | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 196 | Tommy Edman | 2B | 18.5 | 0.8 | +17.7 |
| 2016 | 106 | Zac Gallen | P | 17.7 | 1.0 | +16.7 |
| 2018 | 213 | Brendan Donovan | 2B | 11.1 | 0.8 | +10.3 |
| 2018 | 243 | Lars Nootbaar | OF | 9.5 | 0.5 | +9.1 |
| 2024 | 7 | JJ Wetherholt | 2B | 4.4 | 9.3 | -4.9 |
| 2018 | 513 | Kyle Leahy | P | 3.9 | 0.2 | +3.6 |
| 2016 | 34 | Dakota Hudson | P | 2.8 | 2.9 | -0.1 |
| 2016 | 33 | Dylan Carlson | OF | 2.7 | 2.9 | -0.2 |
| 2018 | 19 | Nolan Gorman | 2B | 2.1 | 6.0 | -3.9 |
| 2018 | 483 | Evan Sisk | P | 0.8 | 0.2 | +0.5 |
| 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 | 39.8 | 21.4 | +18.5 |
| 2017 | 38 | -0.2 | 9.4 | -9.6 |
| 2018 | 41 | 26.9 | 19.7 | +7.2 |
| 2024 | 19 | 4.4 | 18.7 | -14.4 |
| Total | 140 | 71 | β | +1.7 |
DVOS = Ξ£ (a pick's career fWAR β 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 β see the coverage note on the leaderboard. Single drafts are noise-dominated β one star swamps a class β so read the multi-year totals, not any one year. Full method on the DVOS page.