Washington Nationals will pick No. 2 overall in 2023 MLB Draft...

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesAs MLB.com writer Anthony Castrovince noted in a write-up previewing the first MLB Draft Lottery, with the new format for the 2023 MLB Draft, “[n]ot only is the team with the worst record from the previous season no longer guaranteed MLB’s top overall Draft pick the following year, but that team isn’t even guaranteed a spot in the top six.” Wait, what? Oh, c’mon. Just the Nationals’ luck!

Finish with the worst record in baseball and at least you get the No. 1 overall pick, right? Not anymore. Now, for the first time, you and three other teams had a 16.7% chance at the No. 1 overall pick, with the non-playoff teams from last year in the mix…