What would you do with the number one overall pick? That was a question the Colorado Rockies had the best odds to try and answer heading into the draft lottery on Tuesday after their 101-loss season in 2024.
Unfortunately, sports are designed to break your heart and a groan of despair could certainly be heard over the state of Colorado after Colton Cowser announced the Rockies had dropped to the fourth overall pick in the 2025 draft, with the Washington Nationals winning the first overall pick.
The implementation of the lottery draft in 2022 as part of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement has had an interesting effect over these last three drafts.