Cubs
2014–2019 · 6 drafts · 241 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF | 12 | 43 | +25.2 |
| P | 27 | 41 | +22.2 |
| OF | 4 | 22 | +12.3 |
| C | 3 | 0 | -0.3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | Kyle Schwarber | DH | 23.6 | 10.3 | +13.3 |
| 2014 | 169 | Dylan Cease | P | 23.1 | 0.8 | +22.3 |
| 2015 | 9 | Ian Happ | OF | 22.4 | 7.8 | +14.6 |
| 2018 | 24 | Nico Hoerner | 2B | 21.3 | 4.9 | +16.4 |
| 2014 | 139 | Justin Steele | P | 10.2 | 0.8 | +9.4 |
| 2017 | 195 | Jeremiah Estrada | P | 2.5 | 0.8 | +1.7 |
| 2019 | 252 | DJ Herz | P | 1.7 | 0.5 | +1.2 |
| 2019 | 912 | Bryan King | P | 1.5 | 0.1 | +1.5 |
| 2015 | 443 | Scott Effross | P | 1.4 | 0.2 | +1.2 |
| 2015 | 82 | Bryan Hudson | P | 1.4 | 1.0 | +0.4 |
| 2017 | 30 | Alex Lange | P | 1.0 | 2.2 | -1.2 |
| 2017 | 105 | Keegan Thompson | P | 0.8 | 1.0 | -0.2 |
| 2017 | 165 | Nelson Velázquez | DH | 0.7 | 0.8 | -0.1 |
| 2017 | 465 | Jared Young | 1B | 0.4 | 0.2 | +0.1 |
| 2014 | 199 | James Norwood | P | 0.3 | 0.8 | -0.5 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 40 | 56.8 | 23.2 | +33.6 |
| 2015 | 40 | 24.5 | 19.8 | +4.7 |
| 2016 | 38 | -2.2 | 8.7 | -10.8 |
| 2017 | 41 | 2.7 | 14.9 | -12.2 |
| 2018 | 42 | 20.6 | 19.7 | +0.9 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3.5 | 12.6 | -9.1 |
| Total | 241 | 106 | – | +7.0 |
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.