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1982โ1995 ยท 11 drafts ยท 547 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 51 | 243 | +169.7 |
| IF | 17 | 56 | +38.9 |
| C | 6 | 34 | +25.1 |
| OF | 17 | 24 | -7.6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 4 | Kevin Brown | P | 76.1 | 10.5 | +65.6 |
| 1990 | 817 | Scott Erickson | P | 29.8 | 0.1 | +29.7 |
| 1985 | 3 | Bobby Witt | P | 27.8 | 11.2 | +16.6 |
| 1992 | 678 | Rich Aurilia | SS | 25.8 | 0.1 | +25.8 |
| 1995 | 66 | Ryan Dempster | P | 24.6 | 1.9 | +22.7 |
| 1985 | 395 | Mike Stanley | C | 21.4 | 0.3 | +21.1 |
| 1988 | 63 | Darren Oliver | P | 21.2 | 1.8 | +19.4 |
| 1990 | 271 | Rusty Greer | OF | 18.2 | 0.5 | +17.7 |
| 1987 | 830 | Robb Nen | P | 17.9 | 0.1 | +17.9 |
| 1986 | 319 | Rey Sanchez | 2B | 14.6 | 0.3 | +14.3 |
| 1992 | 22 | Rick Helling | P | 12.3 | 5.0 | +7.3 |
| 1986 | 59 | Dean Palmer | 3B | 11.0 | 1.8 | +9.2 |
| 1994 | 85 | Scott Podsednik | OF | 9.4 | 1.1 | +8.4 |
| 1987 | 19 | Brian Bohanon | P | 9.3 | 6.0 | +3.2 |
| 1985 | 109 | Chad Kreuter | C | 9.2 | 1.0 | +8.2 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 30 | 58.1 | 23.2 | +34.9 |
| 1986 | 30 | 110.6 | 25.3 | +85.4 |
| 1987 | 53 | 31.1 | 27.7 | +3.4 |
| 1988 | 59 | 24.5 | 29.2 | -4.8 |
| 1989 | 58 | 2.5 | 22.3 | -19.8 |
| 1990 | 60 | 46.6 | 19.5 | +27.0 |
| 1991 | 63 | 3.1 | 19.6 | -16.5 |
| 1992 | 50 | 39.2 | 17.4 | +21.8 |
| 1993 | 59 | -0.5 | 15.2 | -15.6 |
| 1994 | 38 | 13.6 | 11.8 | +1.8 |
| 1995 | 47 | 29.4 | 24.4 | +5.0 |
| Total | 547 | 358 | โ | +122.6 |
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.