Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. He's also written three books about the Cubs, the latest is "Chicago Cubs Firsts."
Major League Baseball held their annual Draft Lottery Tuesday afternoon as part of the Winter Meetings in Dallas.
If teams had simply picked by record, worst to first, the Cubs would have picked 14th. Instead, by the lottery, their pick dropped to 17th.
Here is the Draft order for all the non-playoff teams:
- Nationals
- Angels
- Mariners
- Rockies
- Cardinals
- Pirates
- Marlins
- Blue Jays
- Reds
- White Sox
- Athletics
- Rangers
- Giants
- Rays
- Red Sox
- Twins
- Cubs
- Diamondbacks
The Cubs had a 0.