How will the 2024 draft work?

[welch]

Jim Callis describes the 2024 draft process, making it as clear as mud. As best I can understand him, a team like the Nationals cannot get better than the tenth pick, no matter how bad the record, the season after they get a lottery pick unless they receive revenue-sharing.

Teams that receive revenue-sharing payouts can't receive a lottery pick for more than two years in a row and those that don't can't get a top-six choice in consecutive Drafts. Furthermore, a club that's ineligible for the lottery can't select higher than 10th overall.

https://www.mlb.com/news/draft-rule-changes-with-new-cba#:~:text=The%20Draft%20will%20remain%20at,reverse%20order%20of%20winning%20percentage.

[imref]

i thought we can draft no higher than 7th as we aren't getting revenue sharing?

[Natsinpwc]

That’s what I thought. But this reads different.