Who's Picking Where? 2023 MLB Draft Order & Lottery Explained

The odds for the first ever draft lottery will decide the order of the 2023 draft. The three worst teams in baseball will have equal odds. 15 teams will receive descending odds in reverse order from their regular season records. Ties will be broken by comparing their winning percentages.

The draft order for the 12 playoff teams will be determined by a combination of their finish in the postseason, revenue sharing status of the club and reverse order of winning percentage during the regular season. The team that wins the World Series each year will receive the last pick of all subsequent rounds. Teams that are payee clubs under the revenue-sharing plan will not be able to receive a lottery pick in three consecutive years. The teams that were deemed ineligible in these instances will have their lottery odds reduced to zero and their first-round pick will come no earlier than the 10th overall pick.