White Sox Will Pick 2nd......

6-1-6......Chicago will get the second pick in the 2011 draft.....congrats Bob!

Nats Snatch First Pick

8-9-8......Rookie Coach Angelo Primo hit the jackpot as the Washington Nationals moved all the way up from the 7th position to grab the 1st pick in the 2011 Draft.  The Nationals are very lucky when it comes to winning the draft lottery - this is the fourth time that the Washington/Montreal franchise has won the first pick in the draft.

We will select the 2nd pick in the draft tomorrow night.......

2011 Draft Lottery Info

We will be conducting our draft lottery on Wednesday, December 11th and Thursday, December 12th.....

The “Pennsylvania Daily Number Evening” lottery (http://www.palottery.state.pa.us/) on subsequent nights (7PM EST) will be used to decide who gets the #1 and #2 picks in the first round only. If the second pick yields the same result as the first night, then a third night’s lottery drawing will be used. The remaining ten teams will draft in reverse order of record. So, the team with the poorest record can do no worst than pick third in the first round.


2011 Lottery Drawing Chances:

000 to 249 – Philadelphia (60-102, 4-2 vs. San Francisco in tie-breaker)

250 to 449 – San Francisco (60-102)

450 to 604 – Houston (67-95)

605 to 724 – Chicago (71-91)

725 to 814 – Florida (72-90, 8-4 vs. Toronto & Washington in tie-breaker)

815 to 879 – Toronto (72-90, 7-5 vs. Florida & Washington in tie-breaker)

880 to 924 – Washington (72-90, 3-9 vs. Florida & Toronto in tie-breaker)

925 to 954 – Minnesota (73-88)

955 to 974 – Boston (75-87)

975 to 986 – Oakland (79-83)

987 to 994 – Atlanta (81-81)

995 to 999 – Cleveland (82-80)


(Click here for a history of previous lottery numbers selected.)

D-Backs are going to the World Series!

Jered Weaver won two decisions to help the Arizona Diamondbacks eliminate the Seattle Mariners in a short five game series:

AZ 6, SEA 5 - Carlos Pena hit two homers and drove in  3 runs, Weaver gets win over Mariners ace Felix hernandez

AZ 5, SEA 2 - Martin Prado went 3-for-5 with 4 RBI's; lefty Dallas Braden baffled Seattle's powerful right handed lineup of Pujols, Braun and ARod to get the victory

SEA 7, AZ 2 - Mariners get back in the series as Jon Lester fanned 9 for the win; Ryan Braun went 3-for-3 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI's

AZ 5, SEA 4 - Jered Weaver picked up his third post season win with another gutting pitching performance - this time over the other Mariner ace Justin Verlander.  Arizona rallied in the bottom of the 8th for three big runs off Seattle's Billy Wagner.  Martin Prado hit a solo homer in the 8th.

AZ 3, SEA 1 - Barry Zito got his first start in the series and he did not disappoint as he pitched seven strong innings for the win.  Zito only allowed one run.  Felix Hernandez, who had two losses in the series, was the hard luck loser as he only allowed two runs over seven innings.

Arizona now meets Los Angeles for the Championship.....