Lottery 2014

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 (Twitter links)...

Competitive Balance Round A

Rockies

Orioles

Indians

Marlins

Royals

Brewers

Competitive Balance Round B

Padres

Diamondbacks

Cardinals

Rays

Pirates

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.

Sweet. So we get another pick in around the same area as this year.

Sweet. So we get another pick in around the same area as this year.

An even better one. I am glad this was negotiated into the CBA.

Nice. Currently the 33rd overall selection. It's fortunate for BAL to have been awarded lottery comp picks the exact same years they dropped from top 5 overall to the late first round.

Good news!

Great! Hopefully they can make these extra picks (2013 and 2014 at least) count.

An even better one. I am glad this was negotiated into the CBA.

Seriously. The more steps that are taken to level the playing field are greatly appreciated by the mid-marketers.

Are we in the pool due to market size or revenue or both?

Are we in the pool due to market size or revenue or both?

I know we are in for market size. Not sure about revenue.

Wow this is great. Poor MFY's don't get to play in this game.

That's like an extra first round pick. Excellent.

I know we are in for market size. Not sure about revenue.

Good because that's not the kind of thing that will change.

I would think the DC/Baltimore Metro area would be one of the larger markets.

I would think the DC/Baltimore Metro area would be one of the larger markets.

It is. But when you split the two, Baltimore is a small market. You notice that Washington isn't in the lottery because they don't have a pick.