Rangers
2003–2009 · 7 drafts · 349 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF | 11 | 70 | +59.5 |
| P | 40 | 74 | +24.4 |
| OF | 7 | 12 | +0.7 |
| C | 3 | 1 | -1.5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 496 | Ian Kinsler | 2B | 47.3 | 0.2 | +47.1 |
| 2003 | 9 | John Danks | P | 17.4 | 7.8 | +9.5 |
| 2008 | 753 | Tanner Roark | P | 14.2 | 0.1 | +14.2 |
| 2006 | 748 | Derek Holland | P | 13.0 | 0.1 | +13.0 |
| 2003 | 886 | Scott Feldman | P | 12.1 | 0.1 | +12.0 |
| 2006 | 148 | Chris Davis | 1B | 10.9 | 0.8 | +10.1 |
| 2006 | 298 | Craig Gentry | OF | 8.2 | 0.5 | +7.7 |
| 2007 | 530 | Mitch Moreland | 1B | 7.2 | 0.2 | +7.0 |
| 2007 | 54 | Tommy Hunter | P | 7.2 | 1.8 | +5.4 |
| 2008 | 11 | Justin Smoak | 1B | 5.9 | 7.8 | -1.9 |
| 2008 | 183 | Richard Bleier | P | 3.7 | 0.8 | +2.9 |
| 2009 | 93 | Robbie Erlin | P | 3.4 | 1.0 | +2.4 |
| 2008 | 57 | Robbie Ross Jr. | P | 2.7 | 1.8 | +0.9 |
| 2005 | 19 | John Mayberry Jr. | OF | 2.3 | 5.9 | -3.6 |
| 2005 | 99 | Taylor Teagarden | C | 1.5 | 1.0 | +0.5 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 44 | 76.5 | 20.9 | +55.7 |
| 2004 | 51 | -1.0 | 22.0 | -23.0 |
| 2005 | 50 | 2.9 | 17.6 | -14.7 |
| 2006 | 49 | 32.4 | 18.0 | +14.5 |
| 2007 | 54 | 16.7 | 28.9 | -12.2 |
| 2008 | 50 | 26.3 | 19.4 | +6.9 |
| 2009 | 51 | 3.1 | 19.6 | -16.5 |
| Total | 349 | 157 | – | +10.7 |
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.