Usually when an MLB team’s win percentage is hovering around .300 at the end of August, they can at least take some solace in the fact that they are about to receive the first pick in the following year’s MLB draft. Unfortunately for the Orioles and Royals, two organizations can’t both have the number one overall pick, even if they’re both historically bad in the same year.
Instead, the Orioles and the Royals entered this past weekend playing for the rare distinction of possibly losing 110+ games and still not drafting first overall.