Baseball held its first-ever MLB draft lottery to determine the order of the first six picks of the draft, and the new format ended up costing the Royals. Kansas City finished with the fifth-worst record last year, but they were passed over in the lottery, and will instead receive the eighth pick in the draft. The Pittsburgh Pirates, who tied with the Reds for the third-worst record in baseball, will get the #1 pick.
The biggest winner from the lottery was the Minnesota Twins, who had a disappointing season at 78-84, but moved up from #13 in the draft to #5 due to the lottery.