From the second round onwards, pick order is determined in inverse order of the prior season’s standings (aside from compensatory and competitive balance selections). The lottery only comes into play for the first round of the draft. Texas and Minnesota are ineligible for a lottery selection after making the playoffs. Last summer’s other lottery teams were the Pirates, Tigers, Rangers, Twins and A’s. Washington is not a revenue sharing recipient and had the #2 pick (which it used on Dylan Crews) in 2023. That rules the Nationals out from selecting any higher than 10th next year. Revenue sharing recipients cannot select above 10th if they had a lottery selection in the preceding two drafts. A teams that does not receive revenue sharing payments and landed a lottery pick in one draft is prohibited from picking higher than 10th the following season. One of the CBA’s anti-tanking measures is to limit how often a team can pick within the lottery. The odds aren’t simply the inverse of the previous year’s standings, however. If two teams have the same record, the club with the worse record in the preceding season gets the better odds.

A team’s odds of landing a higher pick are still weighted in favor of the clubs with the worst records, although the three worst teams all have identical chances of landing the #1 selection. It also finalized the lottery odds for the top picks in next summer’s amateur draft ( h/t to Carlos Collazo of Baseball America).Īs part of the Players Association’s efforts to reduce the incentive for non-competitive teams to lose games, the latest collective bargaining agreement introduced a lottery to determine the top six overall selections. The conclusion of the 2023 season didn’t just bring the start of the offseason.

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