Where Giants, A's will pick after 2024 MLB draft lottery results
Where Giants, A's will pick after 2024 MLB draft lottery results originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Cleveland Guardians were the big winners of the MLB Draft Lottery, and they will select first in the 2024 MLB Draft.
Meanwhile, the Athletics, who finished the 2023 season with the worst record (50-112) in baseball, will pick fourth in next year's draft. The team was tied for the best odds to land the first selection, but for the second year in a row, fell out of the top spot.
Oakland will be ineligible for a top-six selection in 2025 because it receives revenue-sharing money and already will have had two consecutive top-six picks.
The Guardians had the ninth-highest chance of winning the No. 1 pick at 2 percent. It will be the first time Cleveland picks No. 1 overall.
The A's, Colorado Rockies and Kansas City Royals were all tied with the highest chance of landing the top selection at 18.3 percent.
The Giants will pick 13th in the draft.
The Giants will pick 13th in next year's draft. That's the pick they had in 2020 when they took Patrick Bailey.
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) December 5, 2023
San Francisco finished the 2023 season fourth in the NL West with a 79-83 record and a 1 percent chance of securing the top selection.
Here is the full draft order:
Guardians
Reds
Rockies
A’s
Royals
Angels
Pirates
Tigers
Giants
Cubs
Twins
Rangers
Diamondbacks
Orioles
Twins
The 2024 MLB Draft will take place in July in Arlington, Texas.
