During the 2024 MLB draft lottery, no rational Angels fan expected their favorite team to have any luck. Between constant injuries to key players, whiffs in free agency and an incredible amount of off-field drama, the Angels are clearly one of the unluckiest franchises in a sport that requires an incredible amount of luck to win games. The newly implemented lottery system, to try and eradicate tanking, added yet another layer of luck that normally always did not go the Angels' way.
Well, the baseball gods smiled on the Angels that day. The Angels had the third shortest odds to land the no.