★ CLE wins #1 pick / MLB DRAFT ... a 2% chance ( oh, I FOUND PRE-ORNAMENT picks. )

[mjp28]

@dutch-oven said:

Holy shitballs, this is fantastic (potentially) news!

*Yes,  the morale of this entire  MLB  2024  Draft  story ..... and the repercussions that might go on for this year and maybe for  years (and trades)  to come.   With a clever  FO  and staff  a team like the  Cleveland  GUARDIANS  might do alright.  Especially with an office and a chair for a recently  retired  manager  that will just hang around  in    "an advisory capacity"   just looking for something to do.  Eh ?   Catch my drift ?

And  the next part,  the (pontentially)  fantastic news,  putting it all together.   Taking the good luck and the pieces and making it work ..... even better !

Take what happened already ......

*The  Mets held the seventh-best odds in the 2024 lottery, the Padres 14th and the Yankees 15th, but the twist was they needed to win a top 6 pick in the lottery to avoid having their picks moved back 10 slots because they exceeded a certain luxury tax threshold. And since none of them had a ping-pong ball fall in their favor, they will now pick 19th (Mets), 24th (Padres) and 25th (Yankees).

   ▪︎  Full 2024 MLB Draft order   ●-->   featuring the  *AL Central

★  1. Cleveland Guardians ..... an incredible stroke of  GOOD luck to start the 2024 season.
2. Cincinnati Reds ...... a great pick  BUT  still could not win the state of OH-IO .... lol.
3. Colorado Rockies <--> Rockies
4. Oakland Athletics
● 5. Chicago White Sox ..... not bad.
● 6. Kansas City Royals ...... not bad.
● 11. Detroit Tigers ...... still rebuilding.
●  21. Minnesota Twins .....  20  picks behind  Cleveland,  and a lot of good picks will go by...... lol.

▪︎  Keep on going for the original  PRE-ORNAMENT  Guardians at 2%  long shot chance to #1,  right.

An incredi-bull  piece of  golden good  luck  for Cleveland.         Like the '83 NFL QB Draft ?  Why not.

[mjp28]

And one more fine piece of this  2024 Draft puzzle,  the original to final draft positions.

1. Oakland Athletics (18.3%) → ★ Guardians
2. Kansas City Royals (18.3%) → Reds
3. Colorado Rockies (18.3%) → Rockies
4. Chicago White Sox (14.7%) → Athletics,  moved from 1 to 4.  Not huge moves except for CLE and MIN  (the ALC loser.)
5. St. Louis Cardinals (8.3%) → ▪︎ White Sox,  moved from 4 to 5
6. Los Angeles Angels (6.1%) → ▪︎ Royals,  moved from 2 to 6.   DET ended up at 11,  not a huge deal.
7. The Washington Nationals 

[syd]

@dutch-oven said:

Reds playing AAA teams in Indianapolis next year, are they syd? ?

[mjp28]

@syd said:

That is  STILL  one creepy looking mascot !