Rockies will pick 11th overall

Though the Rockies lost last night to keep the possibility of drafting 10th overall alive, the Los Angeles Angels lost later in the night to lock the Rockies into the 11th worst record in MLB this year (or 19th best, if you prefer).

Only the top 10 picks of the draft are protected from being forfeited if a team signs a free agent that has declined a team’s qualifying offer, so the Rockies will lose their first round pick if they choose to sign such a player this offseason.

One other connection the Rockies have to the 11th pick is that the Rockies current manager, Walt Weiss, was drafted by the Athletics 11th overall in 1985.