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Rays receive 2nd round Competitive Balance draft pick in 2016

The balance of competition within baseball is unfair, and sometimes baseball tries to fix that with rules like profit sharing and the awarding of draft picks.

For the third year in a row, "Competitive Balance Round" picks have been a thing, but not something that sat well with the Rays brass when the team missed out in 2015.

DRaysBay: The Cardinals, one of the most successful franchises in baseball over the past 20 years received a competitive balance pick while the Rays did not. Do you think the process needs to be changed?