from McCavly's article from last summer: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120718&content_id=35142618¬ebook_id=35145564&vkey=notebook_mil&c_id=mil It's complicated. But here's a primer on Wednesday's lottery: For Compensation Round A, the 10 smallest-market teams and 10 lowest-revenue teams were entered into a lottery, with odds of winning based on last year's regular-season record, for six picks after the first round and before the second round of next year's Draft. Because of crossover in those two groups, 13 teams were eligible this year. The Royals, Pirates, D-backs, Orioles, Reds and Marlins won those selections on Wednesday. Then, the eligible teams that did not win a Round A pick were added back into the hopper for Round B, along with any other team that received revenue sharing. This year, only one other team qualified -- the Tigers. The Round B winners were, in order, the Padres, Indians, Rockies, Athletics, Brewers and Tigers.