Major League Baseball has unveiled the order of the Competitive Balance rounds for the 2018 draft, and the Royals will have a selection in the “A” portion, which follows the first round.
The Royals, for now, are set to draft No. 36 overall with their selection in Competitive Balance Round A — though that order is subject to change based on teams gaining compensation picks and losing picks for free-agent signings. The Royals hold the No. 18 overall pick in the first round.
The competitive-balance round picks — a mechanism to emphasize parity — go to any team that falls in the bottom 10 in revenue or bottom 10 in market size.