Guardians
2008–2017 · 10 drafts · 443 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF | 20 | 103 | +84.2 |
| P | 64 | 76 | +39.5 |
| C | 4 | 14 | +11.9 |
| OF | 16 | 13 | -21.5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | Francisco Lindor | SS | 60.9 | 9.2 | +51.8 |
| 2016 | 122 | Shane Bieber | P | 21.8 | 1.0 | +20.8 |
| 2009 | 63 | Jason Kipnis | 2B | 21.0 | 1.8 | +19.2 |
| 2010 | 5 | Drew Pomeranz | P | 11.2 | 8.9 | +2.3 |
| 2008 | 1011 | Roberto Pérez | C | 10.7 | 0.1 | +10.6 |
| 2016 | 92 | Aaron Civale | P | 9.1 | 1.0 | +8.0 |
| 2012 | 203 | Joey Wendle | 2B | 9.1 | 0.8 | +8.3 |
| 2008 | 29 | Lonnie Chisenhall | 3B | 8.0 | 2.2 | +5.8 |
| 2011 | 698 | Cody Allen | P | 6.8 | 0.1 | +6.8 |
| 2017 | 132 | Ernie Clement | 2B | 6.6 | 0.8 | +5.8 |
| 2011 | 548 | Shawn Armstrong | P | 4.7 | 0.2 | +4.4 |
| 2015 | 42 | Triston McKenzie | P | 4.3 | 2.3 | +1.9 |
| 2016 | 362 | Zach Plesac | P | 4.1 | 0.3 | +3.8 |
| 2012 | 15 | Tyler Naquin | OF | 3.6 | 5.7 | -2.2 |
| 2015 | 214 | Nathan Lukes | OF | 3.0 | 0.8 | +2.2 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 50 | 19.6 | 13.3 | +6.3 |
| 2009 | 50 | 19.9 | 17.3 | +2.5 |
| 2010 | 50 | 12.4 | 20.9 | -8.5 |
| 2011 | 50 | 75.8 | 20.9 | +55.0 |
| 2012 | 40 | 12.9 | 16.2 | -3.4 |
| 2013 | 39 | 2.3 | 19.4 | -17.1 |
| 2014 | 42 | 9.0 | 21.6 | -12.6 |
| 2015 | 41 | 7.1 | 19.3 | -12.2 |
| 2016 | 41 | 38.1 | 18.6 | +19.4 |
| 2017 | 40 | 8.5 | 12.3 | -3.9 |
| Total | 443 | 206 | – | +25.7 |
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.