They rigged the draft for...Cleveland?

That seems unlikely.

My bad then, thought I saw that on Twitter but I couldn't find the Tweet again.

No shit. The Royals look like the Dodgers compared to Cleveland

Cleveland has shown they can win, it's not like it hasn't happened in other sports.

2 percent and 0.9 percent got first and 2nd get real.

Save money for the later rounds post

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Washington <a href="https://twitter.com/Nationals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Nationals</a> TECHNICALLY won the first pick of the 2024 MLB Draft ... but won&#39;t select until 10th overall<br><br>Why? How? ⬇️<a href="https://t.co/kiTDiDvg3A">https://t.co/kiTDiDvg3A</a></p>&mdash; Baseball America (@BaseballAmerica) <a href="https://twitter.com/BaseballAmerica/status/1732179230631342314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mets, Red Sox, Diamondbacks, Royals Interested In Lucas Giolito <a href="https://t.co/fymX2PpbIm">https://t.co/fymX2PpbIm</a> <a href="https://t.co/9o5kanq6vI">pic.twitter.com/9o5kanq6vI</a></p>&mdash; MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) <a href="https://twitter.com/mlbtraderumors/status/1732184715681988632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Baseball America already has a mock draft out!

6. Royals — Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina

Honeycutt made an early case as the favorite for the top player in the 2024 draft class with a sensational freshman season in Chapel Hill. He homered 25 times, stole 29 bags and put on a defensive clinic in center field of Boshamer Stadium. He remains near the top of the class thanks to his standout toolset, but he has dealt with injuries and has yet to hit over .300 in a single season. Honeycutt did cut his strikeout rate from 29.7% to 20.4% in 2023, which was a significant question mark entering the year. Opinions will vary significantly on Honeycutt’s hit tool, so he’ll need to improve his swing, his approach and produce a high batting average to ease skeptics next spring.

Even worse, can't get a lottery pick in 26 if get one next year.

First trade at Winter Meetings and its Yankees/Red Sox
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: The New York Yankees are acquiring outfielder Alex Verdugo in a trade with the Boston Red Sox for right-handeres Richard Fitts, Greg Weissert and Nicholas Judice, sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN.</p>&mdash; Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1732220490943488184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Literally ****ing hate the god damn lottery. It makes no ****ing sense in a league that plays 162 games. I hate pretty much everything about the MLB.

Maybe we will take another high school catcher!

The unspoken part of this is if they trade Salvy, I wonder what that number becomes. He makes $20 million next year.

The Royals have the second pick in Wednesday's Rule 5 Draft.

Devin Mann, Christian Chamberlain, Asa Lacy and Beck Way are the Royals' notable unprotected players.

What a disaster that pick was