Tigers
2013–2022 · 10 drafts · 326 picks
| Pos | Picks | fWAR | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | 2 | 6 | +1.8 |
| OF | 7 | 16 | -4.8 |
| P | 46 | 66 | -9.7 |
| IF | 10 | 13 | -25.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 255 | Tarik Skubal | P | 20.8 | 0.5 | +20.3 |
| 2019 | 5 | Riley Greene | OF | 12.0 | 8.9 | +3.1 |
| 2013 | 336 | Chad Green | P | 7.1 | 0.3 | +6.8 |
| 2018 | 1 | Casey Mize | P | 6.6 | 23.4 | -16.7 |
| 2020 | 38 | Dillon Dingler | C | 6.5 | 2.8 | +3.7 |
| 2014 | 63 | Spencer Turnbull | P | 6.5 | 1.8 | +4.7 |
| 2019 | 562 | Kerry Carpenter | DH | 6.3 | 0.2 | +6.1 |
| 2017 | 365 | Will Vest | P | 4.9 | 0.3 | +4.6 |
| 2013 | 39 | Corey Knebel | P | 4.6 | 2.8 | +1.8 |
| 2018 | 44 | Parker Meadows | OF | 3.5 | 2.3 | +1.2 |
| 2020 | 132 | Colt Keith | 2B | 3.4 | 0.8 | +2.6 |
| 2016 | 445 | John Schreiber | P | 3.2 | 0.2 | +2.9 |
| 2020 | 1 | Spencer Torkelson | 1B | 3.1 | 23.4 | -20.3 |
| 2013 | 816 | Joe Mantiply | P | 2.8 | 0.1 | +2.7 |
| 2016 | 9 | Matt Manning | P | 2.7 | 7.8 | -5.1 |
| Year | Picks | fWAR | Expected | DVOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 41 | 15.6 | 19.7 | -4.1 |
| 2014 | 40 | 7.1 | 16.0 | -8.9 |
| 2015 | 41 | 0.8 | 18.8 | -18.0 |
| 2016 | 38 | 4.7 | 16.4 | -11.6 |
| 2017 | 40 | 6.4 | 16.9 | -10.5 |
| 2018 | 40 | 32.1 | 36.2 | -4.1 |
| 2019 | 40 | 18.3 | 20.9 | -2.6 |
| 2020 | 6 | 12.4 | 31.7 | -19.3 |
| 2021 | 21 | 2.2 | 26.0 | -23.9 |
| 2022 | 19 | 0.3 | 17.0 | -16.7 |
| Total | 326 | 100 | – | -119.8 |
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.