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2014 Competitive Balance Lottery Results

By Steve Adams [July 17, 2013 at 4:47pm CST]
The Competitive Balance Lottery for the 2014 MLB Draft took place today. Twelve competitive balance picks are awarded, with the first six taking place after the first round's conclusion and the next six taking place following conclusion of the second round. Here are the results, per MLB.com ([ame="[MEDIA=twitter]357613989884203009[/MEDIA]"]Twitter[/ame] [ame="[MEDIA=twitter]357614091868700673[/MEDIA]"]links[/ame])...
Competitive Balance Round A

1. Rockies
2. Orioles
3. Indians
4. Marlins
5. Royals
6. Brewers

Competitive Balance Round B

1. Padres
2. Diamondbacks
3. Cardinals
4. Rays
5. Pirates
6. Mariners

As explained by MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo, the teams in the 10 smallest markets and teams with the 10 lowest revenues were eligible to be entered into the Round A lottery. This doesn't mean there were 20 teams in the lottery, as there's overlap in that criteria. All teams who don't win a pick in the first round are re-entered into the second round, along with any team that received revenue sharing this year, which accounted only for the Mariners.
These picks are eligible to be traded, as we saw in 2012. Last year, the Tigers and Marlins swapped Competitive Balance picks as part of the Anibal Sanchez trade. The Marlins received a second Competitive Balance pick when they traded Gaby Sanchez to the Pirates in the offseason.
The A's and Reds are the two eligible teams from this year's selection that were not awarded a Competitive Balance pick.

 

[NWinAZ]

It is called 'Competitive Balance' picks yet 7 of the teams getting a pick have a legit shot of making the playoffs. Huh?

Only MLB can make something so simple so f'ed up.

 

[unlvmariners]

It is called 'Competitive Balance' picks yet 7 of the teams getting a pick have a legit shot of making the playoffs. Huh?

Only MLB can make something so simple so f'ed up.

no kidding!!!