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For those who haven't seen it, here is how MLB ranks the markets according to the new CBA. Note that this list does not change for the duration of the basic agreement (i.e. this market list remains static through the 2016 season).
1. New York Yankees
1. New York Mets
3. Los Angeles Dodgers
3. Los Angeles Angels
5. Chicago Cubs
5. Chicago White Sox
7. San Francisco
7. Oakland
9. Toronto
9. Philadelphia
9. Boston
12. Washington
13. Atlanta
13. Texas
15. Houston
16. Seattle
17. Detroit
18. Arizona
19. Minnesota
20. Baltimore
21. Colorado
22. San Diego
23. Miami
24. Tampa Bay
25. Cleveland
26. St. Louis
27. Kansas City
28. Cincinnati
28. Pittsburgh
30. Milwaukee
What this means is that every year Colorado, San Diego, Miami, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, St. Louis, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Milwaukee are automatically eligible for the competitive balance draft. Whichever teams not on this list which have the bottom ten lowest revenues will also be on the list.
I'm not sure how MLB came up with this market ranking. It considers Toronto, Philadelphia, and Boston to be identically sized markets, for example. The ranking isn't the metropolitan statistical area population ranking, nor is it the Nielsen media market size. I presume it's some combination of both metro area population and club revenue.
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