DALLAS — The Ping-Pong balls didn’t bounce the Rockies’ way on Tuesday.
Although the Rockies and the Miami Marlins had the best chance of winning Major League Baseball’s Draft Lottery, the baseball gods smiled on neither team. Colorado finished fourth in the lottery, and the Marlins fell to seventh.
The Rockies, who lost 101 games this past season, and the Marlins (100 losses), entered the lottery with the best chance of winning the top pick, with odds of 22.5%.
But the Washington Nationals (91 losses), who had the fourth-best chance (10.20%), won the lottery and landed the first overall pick in the 2025 draft.