2024 DRAFT LOTTERY

The 2024 MWBL Draft Lottery is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, at 9:00 PM Eastern Time.

This event holds significant importance as it will determine the order of selection for the upcoming 2024 MWBL Draft, set to be held on Saturday, February 17th, 2024.

Ten esteemed Franchises, as enumerated below, will be vying for the coveted #1 Pick in the 2024 MWBL Draft:

For those eager to witness this pivotal event in real-time, the Commissioner’s Office will provide a live-streaming link via Zoom, which will become active at 8:45 PM on the evening of Wednesday, November 1, 2023.

To maintain transparency and fairness in the selection process, a Google Random Number (1-100) Generator, with numbers ranging from 1 to 100, will be employed to determine the order of selection.

Your participation in this is encouraged, as we eagerly await the outcome of the 2024 MWBL Draft Lottery.

LOTTERY ELIGIBLE W L Pct Balls
Motor City Muscle 45 117 .278 20
Dallas Cougars 58 104 .358 16
Southbend Lynx 59 103 .364 8
Coconut Creek Crushers 66 96 .407 4
Tijuana Bottle Rockets 71 91 .438 2
         
LOTTERY ELIGIBLE W L Pct Balls
Yucaipa Road Runners 39 123 .241 20
Long Beach Dirt Bags 45 117 .278 16
Prairie Falcons 58 104 .358 8
Valdosta Snappers 69 93 .426 4
Bethesda Bandicoots 72 90 .444 2

The Commissioner’s Office will conduct this LIVE using Zoom.

VII) DRAFTS

The Draft Lottery is designed to determine the Draft Order for the first three picks in the first round. The new process incorporates the five worst teams from each league (as opposed to the bottom two from each league. The change to the system would be still heavily weighted toward the bottom four teams in the League with a 70% chance of one of those four teams drawing the 1st pick.

(a) The number of teams involved in the lottery is 10
(b) The random balls should be distributed throughout 1-100 for the lottery. :
(c) The 5 worst teams in each league (based on W-L records) will be in the lottery and receive the number of balls as indicated below.
(d) 1st worst AL Team – has 20 balls 1st worst NL Team – has 20 balls
(e) 2nd worst AL Team- has 16 balls 2nd worst NL Team – has 16 balls
(f) 3rd worst AL Team – has 8 balls 3rd worst NL Team –has 8 balls
(g) 4th worst AL Team – has 4 balls 4th worst NL Team – has 4 balls
(h) 5th worst AL Team – has 2 balls 5th worst NL Team – has 2 balls
(i) In the case of ties based on W-L records the team with the better home record, would receive more lottery balls.
(j) In the case of (i) being a tie Head to Head Record based on W-L records the team with the better H2H record, would receive more lottery balls.
RANDOMLY GENERATED BALL ORDER:

FRANCHISE BALL #   FRANCHISE BALL #
Long Beach Dirt Bags 1   Southbend Lynx 51
Yucaipa Road Runners 2   Long Beach Dirt Bags 52
Long Beach Dirt Bags 3   Yucaipa Road Runners 53
Dallas Cougars 4   Dallas Cougars 54
Long Beach Dirt Bags 5   Prairie Falcons 55
Southbend Lynx 6   Tijuana Bottle Rockets 56
Long Beach Dirt Bags 7   Yucaipa Road Runners 57
Bethesda Bandicoots 8   Long Beach Dirt Bags 58
Motor City Muscle 9   Yucaipa Road Runners 59
Yucaipa Road Runners 10   Long Beach Dirt Bags 60
Valdosta Snappers 11   Long Beach Dirt Bags 61
Motor City Muscle 12   Motor City Muscle 62
Southbend Lynx 13   Long Beach Dirt Bags 63
Motor City Muscle 14   Motor City Muscle 64
Dallas Cougars 15   Southbend Lynx 65
Motor City Muscle 16   Long Beach Dirt Bags 66
Long Beach Dirt Bags 17   Prairie Falcons 67
Dallas Cougars 18   Yucaipa Road Runners 68
Yucaipa Road Runners 19   Southbend Lynx 69
Yucaipa Road Runners 20   Coconut Creek Crushers 70
Motor City Muscle 21   Dallas Cougars 71
Southbend Lynx 22   Yucaipa Road Runners 72
Motor City Muscle 23   Motor City Muscle 73
Coconut Creek Crushers 24   Long Beach Dirt Bags 74
Prairie Falcons 25   Dallas Cougars 75
Bethesda Bandicoots 26   Long Beach Dirt Bags 76
Motor City Muscle 27   Prairie Falcons 77
Yucaipa Road Runners 28   Motor City Muscle 78
Dallas Cougars 29   Yucaipa Road Runners 79
Motor City Muscle 30   Motor City Muscle 80
Prairie Falcons 31   Yucaipa Road Runners 81
Dallas Cougars 32   Long Beach Dirt Bags 82
Motor City Muscle 33   Yucaipa Road Runners 83
Motor City Muscle 34   Motor City Muscle 84
Yucaipa Road Runners 35   Long Beach Dirt Bags 85
Coconut Creek Crushers 36   Dallas Cougars 86
Prairie Falcons 37   Dallas Cougars 87
Yucaipa Road Runners 38   Valdosta Snappers 88
Dallas Cougars 39   Dallas Cougars 89
Coconut Creek Crushers 40   Southbend Lynx 90
Dallas Cougars 41   Yucaipa Road Runners 91
Tijuana Bottle Rockets 42   Southbend Lynx 92
Prairie Falcons 43   Motor City Muscle 93
Dallas Cougars 44   Prairie Falcons 94
Yucaipa Road Runners 45   Long Beach Dirt Bags 95
Motor City Muscle 46   Valdosta Snappers 96
Yucaipa Road Runners 47   Yucaipa Road Runners 97
Motor City Muscle 48   Dallas Cougars 98
Valdosta Snappers 49   Motor City Muscle 99
Yucaipa Road Runners 50   Dallas Cougars 100

Post Draft Day
Trading Allowed
Until Tuesday
02/18/2025
8:00 AM ET

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