In an effort to combat (somewhat) the proliferation of absolute tanking across the sport, Major League Baseball moved to a draft lottery system prior to the 2023 edition of said event. The Pittsburgh Pirates managed to still be rewarded for their league-worst production in 2022 - they had the highest odds of landing the #1 overall pick, did so, and turned that into Paul Skenes.
Tonight, we’ll find out whether or not the Cincinnati Reds can get lucky again, as the draft order will be sorted out beginning at 5:30 PM ET on MLB Network. Cincinnati has the 7th best odds of the 16 teams who are entered into this edtion of the lottery process.