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1986โ1987 ยท 2 drafts ยท 76 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | 3 | 16 | +14.2 |
| IF | 3 | 2 | -0.4 |
| P | 5 | 9 | -4.3 |
| OF | 2 | 3 | -5.2 |
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 | 582 | Rick Wilkins | C | 14.2 | 0.2 | +13.9 |
| 1986 | 116 | Joe Girardi | C | 5.6 | 1.0 | +4.5 |
| 1987 | 4 | Mike Harkey | P | 5.1 | 10.4 | -5.4 |
| 1986 | 220 | Jim Bullinger | P | 4.0 | 0.8 | +3.2 |
| 1986 | 9 | Derrick May | OF | 3.1 | 7.9 | -4.7 |
| 1987 | 62 | Alex Arias | 3B | 1.4 | 1.8 | -0.4 |
| 1987 | 166 | Matt Franco | 1B | 0.9 | 0.8 | +0.1 |
| 1987 | 960 | Tom Thobe | P | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 33 | 26.6 | 22.8 | +3.8 |
| 1987 | 43 | 3.6 | 23.2 | -19.6 |
| Total | 76 | 30 | โ | -15.8 |
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.