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Brewers set to pick ninth overall in 2017 Draft
- Updated: October 2, 2016
DENVER — The Phillies’ loss to the Mets on Saturday not only clinched the National League’s top Wild Card for New York. It also locked the Brewers into the ninth overall selection in next year’s MLB Draft.
The Draft order is determined by the reverse order of standings in the previous season. As of the final out of that Phillies game, there remained the possibility that Philadelphia, Milwaukee and the Los Angeles Angels could all finish with identical 71-91 records. But in that event, the tiebreaker would be their records in 2015, when the Phillies were 63-99, the Brewers 68-94 and the Angels 85-77.
So, whatever the …
