Cubs, 
Rays, 
Blue JaysCubs, Rays, Blue Jays
1996โ1997, 2000, 2005โ2012 ยท 11 drafts ยท 563 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF | 22 | 196 | +155.4 |
| P | 47 | 82 | +40.8 |
| OF | 11 | 38 | +1.9 |
| C | 3 | -1 | -2.1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 48 | Josh Donaldson | 3B | 46.4 | 2.4 | +44.0 |
| 2009 | 79 | DJ LeMahieu | 2B | 27.2 | 1.9 | +25.3 |
| 1997 | 149 | Michael Young | SS | 25.3 | 0.8 | +24.4 |
| 2011 | 9 | Javier Bรกez | SS | 25.1 | 7.9 | +17.2 |
| 1997 | 5 | Vernon Wells | OF | 25.0 | 9.0 | +16.0 |
| 1996 | 189 | Casey Blake | 3B | 22.2 | 0.8 | +21.4 |
| 1997 | 1280 | Orlando Hudson | 2B | 21.0 | 0.1 | +21.0 |
| 2006 | 149 | Jeff Samardzija | P | 19.5 | 0.8 | +18.7 |
| 2008 | 191 | Josh Harrison | 2B | 14.2 | 0.8 | +13.4 |
| 1997 | 599 | Mark Hendrickson | P | 11.8 | 0.2 | +11.5 |
| 2008 | 19 | Andrew Cashner | P | 11.4 | 6.0 | +5.3 |
| 2005 | 118 | Jeremy Hellickson | P | 11.1 | 1.0 | +10.1 |
| 2007 | 157 | Brandon Guyer | OF | 5.9 | 0.8 | +5.0 |
| 2007 | 127 | Darwin Barney | 2B | 5.3 | 1.0 | +4.3 |
| 2012 | 56 | Paul Blackburn | P | 4.5 | 1.8 | +2.6 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 55 | 28.8 | 35.3 | -6.5 |
| 1997 | 66 | 83.0 | 20.3 | +62.8 |
| 2000 | 52 | 4.6 | 23.4 | -18.8 |
| 2005 | 50 | 11.1 | 21.4 | -10.3 |
| 2006 | 47 | 23.3 | 16.2 | +7.1 |
| 2007 | 50 | 56.3 | 23.5 | +32.8 |
| 2008 | 51 | 26.8 | 19.6 | +7.2 |
| 2009 | 50 | 39.3 | 14.1 | +25.2 |
| 2010 | 50 | 0.5 | 17.6 | -17.1 |
| 2011 | 50 | 27.0 | 19.7 | +7.3 |
| 2012 | 42 | 14.1 | 27.7 | -13.5 |
| Total | 563 | 315 | โ | +76.2 |
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.