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Pirates receive 2016 draft pick in Competitive Balance Lottery

Here are the results of this afternoon's Competitive Balance Lottery, which took place at MLB's offices. The Pirates will receive a pick at the end of Round A, following the first round.

Round A
1. Reds
2. Athletics
3. Rockies
4. Diamondbacks
5. Marlins
6. Pirates

Round B (following second round)
1. Padres
2. Indians
3. Twins
4. Brewers
5. Orioles
6. Rays

No thanks to MLB's bizarre system of determining who gets draft picks, but this year's results make a lot more sense than last year's, in which the Cardinals got one of the Round A picks and the Mariners got one in Round B while the Pirates, Royals and Rays were all left out in the cold.