The Guardians officially own the No. 1 pick in the 2024 MLB draft, having won the lottery Tuesday despite having had just a 2% chance of coming out on top.
It’s the first time in franchise history that Cleveland will select first in the draft, and president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti was over the moon after it was revealed that the Guardians would be atop the 2024 draft board.
Antonetti, who was in attendance at Tuesday’s draft lottery in Nashville, couldn’t contain himself as he ran over to Cleveland’s representative—former infielder and current Guardians minor league field coordinator John McDonald—and excitedly embraced him.